Concept information
Preferred term
the symbolic (critical theory)
Definition
- The symbolic is a category in Lacanian psychoanalysis. It is used to designate one of three basic registers of human experience (alongside the imaginary and the real). [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Symbolic, The]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/the_symbolic_(critical_theory)
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