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229psychoanalytic (linguistic) model and the (extra-linguistic) models of Žižek and Deleuze andGuattari.Is not the New World Order structured like the Lacanian three orders 65 ? Are notOrientalism and Orientalism in reverse other versions of the Lacanian mirror stage and theDerridean différance? Is not the argument that the Orient is the excess or the objet a 66 of Americaa reflection of America’s manque? Is not this fantasy of fixing the Real invested in the spiralmovement of différance? To understand these questions is to understand the career of the missedencounter. In other words, understanding the narrative and temporal poetics of the missedencounter gains us an entry into the theater of the Real where the politics of the missed encounterbetween America and the Orient is staged.I wish to stress here that the missed encounter is built upon a certain gap or aporia in thesymbolic exchange between America and the Orient. Another point this chapter argues is that theLacanian manque (lack) that lies in the abyss of the Real ought to be understood as a missedencounter. This manque, Žižek argues following Lacan, defines subjectivity and the Real. Whatinterests me in this dissertation is to shed light on this manquethe “unassimilable” excess,restes, supplements, and symptoms in all the systems I have studied thus far. This chapter bringsthe missed encounter to the abyss of the Real of our modern reality. It does not in any wayattempt to arrive at a Hegelian totalizing synthesis. Rather, its main jouissance is to lay bare thevicissitudes of the missed encounter and broaden its repertoire. Studying the achievements, thelimits, and the challenges of the missed encounter, this chapter focuses on the aporias, theexcesses, and the residues that structure the missed encounter.