McGowan The End of Dissatisfaction?

Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8571-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture

Explains why the American cultural obsession with enjoying ourselves actually makes it more difficult to do so.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McGowan, Todd

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Psychoanalysis after Marx
1. From Prohibition to Enjoyment
2. The Decline of Paternal Authority
3. Embracing the Image
4. Shrinking Distances
5. Interpretation under Duress
6. The Appeal of Cynicism
7. The Politics of Apathy
8. A Missing Public World
9. Explosions of Incivility, Aggressiveness, and Violence
Conclusion: From Imaginary Enjoyment to Its Real Counterpart
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Todd McGowan is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Vermont and the author of The Feminine "No!": Psychoanalysis and the New Canon, also published by SUNY Press.