The Real and the Human Imbricated… Žižek and Zubiri vs. Miller

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Abstract

This article reflects on how the issue of the Real allows us to rethink the human of today in a more complete and up-to-date way. And for this purpose, two apparently dissimilar perspectives of understanding the Real are discussed: that of the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek, which is rooted in Lacan’s psychoanalysis, and that of the Spanish philosopher Xavier Zubiri, which is born from a deep critical dialogue with Heidegger’s ontology. This paper will show the unity of two visions of the Real that lie at the heart of what is human and that allow us to criticize certain very influential psychoanalytic thought, centred on Jacques-Alain Miller, which cannot account for what is happening to us radically in the current era, or, perhaps, in any era.

Keywords

Žižek, Zubiri, Lacan, Miller, Zupančič, the Real

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Author Biography

Ricardo Espinoza Lolas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Ricardo Espinoza Lolas is a Chilean academic, writer, critical theorist and philosopher. His work links the thought of G.W.F. Hegel with current critical theory intertwined with the phenomenology of X. Zubiri and the creative aesthetic thought of F. Nietzsche. With this matrix, his thought aims to provide answers to the culture of our times, and also seeks to identify new creative logics that offer an alternative to the prevailing global capitalism. He has a PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and is Professor of History of Contemporary Philosophy at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso. He is a member, among other institutions, of the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought at Goldsmiths, University of London.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1419

Published

2023-03-31

How to Cite

Espinoza Lolas, R. (2023). The Real and the Human Imbricated… Žižek and Zubiri vs. Miller. Enrahonar. An International Journal of Theoretical and Practical Reason, 70, 83–103. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1419

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