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When it comes to the question of objectivity in current philosophical debates, there is a growing prominence of two opposite approaches: nominalism and realism. By absolutising intersubjectivity, the nominalist approach is moving towards the abandonment of the very notion of truth and objective reality. For its part, the realist approach insists on the category of the object-in-itself as irreducible to any kind of subjective mediation. Despite their seeming mutual exclusiveness, both approaches share a fundamental presupposition, namely, that of a neat separation between the spheres of subjectivity and objectivity as well as between fiction and truth. This collection offers a rethinking of the relationship between objectivity and fiction through engaging with a series of 'objective fictions', including such topics as fetishes, semblances, lies, rumours, sophistry, fantasies and conspiracy theories. It does so through engagement with modern and contemporary philosophical traditions and psychoanalytic theory, with all of these orientations being irreducible to either nominalist or realist approaches.

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"I strongly recommend Objective Fictions. Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Marxism not only to advanced students of the humanities, but also to those who appreciate complex critiques, unexpectedly rewarding detours and argumentations which entail a cognitive mapping.--von Dennis ""unique"" An impressive and even exciting collection by a formidable group of scholars, and very topical as well. With essays on conspiracy theories, money, capital, rumors, and the very notion of objectivity...all of the essays show how the intersection of psychoanalysis and Marxism leads to rich and surprising insights. -- ""Ed Pluth, California State University"" I strongly recommend Objective Fictions. Philosophy, Psychoanalysis, Marxism not only to advanced students of the humanities, but also to those who appreciate complex critiques, unexpectedly rewarding detours and argumentations which entail a cognitive mapping.--von Dennis ""unique"""

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Adrian Johnston, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of New Meico at Albuquerque. Bo tjan Nedoh, Research Fellow, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Alenka Zupan?i?, Research Advisor at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Philosophy, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

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