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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815156203321

Autore

Lundberg Christian O (Christian Oscar)

Titolo

Lacan in public : psychoanalysis and the science of rhetoric / / Christian Lundberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, Ala., : University of Alabama Press, 2012

ISBN

0-8173-8641-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

Disciplina

808.0092

Soggetti

Rhetoric

Psychoanalysis and literature

Psychoanalytic interpretation

Structuralism (Literary analysis)

Criticism - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

On failed unicity: rhetoric and structuralist poetics -- Locating rhetoric -- speech/communication -- Toward an economy of trope -- Reference, enjoyment, and the materiality of rhetoric -- Lacan in public -- Trope, affect, and public subjectivity.

Sommario/riassunto

Lacan in Public  argues that Lacan's contributions to the theory of rhetoric are  substantial and revolutionary and that rhetoric is in fact the central  concern of Lacan's entire body of work.  Scholars typically cite Jacques Lacan as a thinker primarily concerned with issues of desire, affect, politics, and pleasure. Scholars who identify themselves as rhetoricians have rarely cited Lacan as a significant influence in their own field.    Though Lacan explicitly contends with some of the pivotal thinkers in the field of rhetoric (Aristotle, Cic