Acts of enjoyment : rhetoric, Žižek, and the return of the subject / Thomas Rickert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rickert, Thomas J. (Thomas Joseph), 1964-

Series:

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhetoric--Study and teaching.

Rhetoric.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2007]

Summary:

In Acts of Enjoyment, Thomas Rickert argues that writing should not be treated as a simple skill, as naive self-expression, or as a tool for personal advancement, but rather as a reflection of social and psychical forces-ultimately creating a more sophisticated, panoptic form that provides the tools necessary to address larger issues of politics, popular culture, ideology, and social transformation.

Contents:

1 On Belatedness and the Return of the Subject; or The View from What Will Have Been 8

2 Toward a Neo-Lacanian Theory of Discourse 33

3 In the Funhouse: Mirroring Subjects and Objects 67

4 Politica Phantasmagoria: Ideology in Cultural Studies Rhetorics 97

5 Breaking the Law: Resistance and the Problem of Limits 138

6 "Hands Up! You're Free": Pedagogy, Affect, and Transformation 160

Retrospective 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.

ISBN:

0822943336

0822959623

9780822943334

9780822959625

OCLC:

76864169

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