03211nam 2200565Ia 450 991081906710332120200520144314.00-7914-8571-41-4175-7578-6(CKB)1000000000452497(OCoLC)62616411(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594706(SSID)ssj0000146989(PQKBManifestationID)11910419(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146989(PQKBWorkID)10013864(PQKB)11598509(MiAaPQ)EBC3408379(OCoLC)57566272(MdBmJHUP)muse6100(DE-B1597)683035(DE-B1597)9780791485712(EXLCZ)99100000000045249720030403d2004 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe end of dissatisfaction? Jacques Lacan and the emerging society of enjoyment /Todd McGowan1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20041 online resource (249 p.) SUNY series in psychoanalysis and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-5967-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-232) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- From Prohibition to Enjoyment -- The Decline of Paternal Authority -- Embracing the Image -- Shrinking Distances -- Interpretation under Duress -- The Appeal of Cynicism -- The Politics of Apathy -- A Missing Public World -- Explosions of Incivility, Aggressiveness, and Violence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexWinner of the 2004 Gary Olson Award for best book in cultural theory presented by JACExploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zðizûek, Joan Copjec, and Theresa Brennan to argue that we are in the midst of a large-scale transformation—a shift from a society oriented around prohibition (i.e., the notion that one cannot just do as one pleases) to one oriented around enjoyment. McGowan identifies many of the social ills of American culture today as symptoms of this transformation: the sense of disconnection, the increase in aggression and violence, widespread cynicism, political apathy, incivility, and loss of meaning. Discussing these various symptoms, he examines various texts from film, literature, popular culture, and everyday life, including Toni Morrison's Paradise, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, and such films as Dead Poets Society and Trigger Effect. Paradoxically, The End of Dissatisfaction? shows how the American cultural obsession with enjoying ourselves actually makes it more difficult to do so.Psychoanalysis and culturePsychoanalysis and culture.306.4/8McGowan Todd776541MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819067103321The end of dissatisfaction4191201UNINA