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social science subjects > sociology > social theory > critical theory > the symbolic (critical theory)
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the symbolic (critical theory)  

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  • 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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