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'''The Real''' is a term used by the psychoanalyst [[Jacques Lacan]] in his theory of psychic structures. For Lacan, the Real is the irreducible surplus of the 'outside world' that resists being turned into language (as [[the Symbolic]]) or into spatial representation (as [[the Imaginary]]). This the First-Order Real.
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The "[[real]]" stands for what is neither [[symbolic]] nor [[imaginary]].
  
In the later Lacan, a Second-Order Real is formulated which is not "outside of" or "underlying" the Symbolic Order but is in fact a structural feature of it -- its lack.
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It forms part of a [[subjects]] [[reality]], however it is never truly known, it is mediated by the two [[orders]] of [[the Imaginary]] and [[the Symbolic]], thus while it is [[present]], the [[subject]] treats it as inherently Othered and [[alien]]. It is most notably discussed in [[Freudian]] [[theory]] as 'Das [[Ding]]'. This is furthered in [[Lacan]] who often cites these [[Uncanny]] [[objects]] as reminders of symbolic [[lack]] in the subjects [[identity]] [[formation]].
 
 
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'''Kid A In Alphabet Land Rousts Another Reprobate Ruffian - The Rotten Real!'''
 
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''The Intrusion Of The Real Extrudes Reality Into Another Dimension''
 
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Latest revision as of 21:56, 20 May 2019

French: réel

The "real" stands for what is neither symbolic nor imaginary.

It forms part of a subjects reality, however it is never truly known, it is mediated by the two orders of the Imaginary and the Symbolic, thus while it is present, the subject treats it as inherently Othered and alien. It is most notably discussed in Freudian theory as 'Das Ding'. This is furthered in Lacan who often cites these Uncanny objects as reminders of symbolic lack in the subjects identity formation.