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The Singularity of Being: Lacan and the Immortal Within

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By (author): Mari Ruti

The Singularity of Being presents a Lacanian vision of what makes each of us an inimitable and irreplaceable creature. It argues that, unlike the subject (who comes into existence as a result of symbolic prohibition) or the person (who is aligned with the narcissistic conceits of the imaginary), the singular self emerges in response to a galvanizing directive arising from the real. This directive carries the force of an obligation that cannot be resisted and that summons the individual to a character beyond his or her social investments. Consequently, singularity expresses something about the individuals non-negotiable distinctiveness, eccentricity, or idiosyncrasy at the same time it prevents both symbolic and imaginary closure. It opens to layers of rebelliousness, indicating that there are components of human life exceeding the realm of normative sociality.
Written with an unusual blend of rigor and clarity, The Singularity of Being combines incisive readings of Lacan with the best insights of recent Lacanian theory to reach beyond the dogmas of the field. Moving from what, thanks in part to Slavoj iek, has come to be known as the ethics of the act to a nuanced interpretation of Lacans ethics of sublimation, the book offers a sweeping overview of Lacans thought while making an original contribution to contemporary theory and ethics. Aimed at specialists and nonspecialists alike, the book manages to educate at the same time as it intervenes in current debates about subjectivity, agency, resistance, creativity, the selfother relationship, and effective political and ethical action. By focusing on the Lacanian real, Ruti honors the uniqueness of subjective experience without losing sight of the social and intersubjective components of human life.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Sep 2012
  • Publisher: Fordham University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780823243150

About Mari Ruti

Mari Ruti is Associate Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Toronto where she teaches contemporary theory psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. She is the author of Reinventing the Soul: Posthumanist Theory and Psychic Life; A World of Fragile Things: Psychoanalysis and the Art of Living; and The Summons of Love.

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