var-get

user=> map
#<core$map clojure.core$map@cce27f>

user=> #'map ;; The reader macro #'x expands to (var x).
#'clojure.core/map

user=> (var-get #'map)
#<core$map clojure.core$map@cce27f>

user=> ((var-get (var inc)) 1)
2

;; var-get is the same as @
user> (def a-var 1)
#'user/a-var
user> (var-get #'a-var)
1
user> @#'a-var
1
user> (var-get (resolve 'a-var))
1
user> @(resolve 'a-var)
1