LEADER 03211nam 2200565Ia 450 001 9910819067103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7914-8571-4 010 $a1-4175-7578-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000452497 035 $a(OCoLC)62616411 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594706 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000146989 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11910419 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146989 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10013864 035 $a(PQKB)11598509 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408379 035 $a(OCoLC)57566272 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6100 035 $a(DE-B1597)683035 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791485712 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000452497 100 $a20030403d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe end of dissatisfaction? $eJacques Lacan and the emerging society of enjoyment /$fTodd McGowan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 0 $aSUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-5967-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 197-232) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tFrom Prohibition to Enjoyment -- $tThe Decline of Paternal Authority -- $tEmbracing the Image -- $tShrinking Distances -- $tInterpretation under Duress -- $tThe Appeal of Cynicism -- $tThe Politics of Apathy -- $tA Missing Public World -- $tExplosions of Incivility, Aggressiveness, and Violence -- $tConclusion -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aWinner 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. 606 $aPsychoanalysis and culture 615 0$aPsychoanalysis and culture. 676 $a306.4/8 700 $aMcGowan$b Todd$0776541 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819067103321 996 $aThe end of dissatisfaction$94191201 997 $aUNINA