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Psychopolitics of Speech Uncivil Discourse and the Excess of Desire James Martin
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, James <p>James Martin, Goldsmiths – University of London, UK</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Edition Politik ; Volume 40.
- Edition Politik
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speech.
- Psychoanalysis.
- Rhetoric.
- Desire.
- Politics.
- Language.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Post-structuralism.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Speech.
- Psychoanalysis.
- Rhetoric.
- Desire.
- Politics.
- Language.
- Political Theory.
- Political Philosophy.
- Post-structuralism.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Martin, Psychopolitics of Speech Uncivil Discourse and the Excess of Desire
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2019
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- James Martin is Professor of Political Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London. His research includes studies on Continental political theory, psychoanalysis, and rhetoric.
- Summary:
- The human capacity for speech is forever celebrated as evidence of its innate civility. Why, then, is public discourse often – and today more than ever, it would seem – so uncivil, even delusional? The reason, argues James Martin in this timely book, lies in the way speech works to organise desire. More than knowledge or rational interests, public speech services an unconscious urge for a lost enjoyment, stimulating an excess in subjectivity that moves us in body and mind.James Martin draws upon the work of psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan as well as other Continental thinkers to set out a new approach to the analysis of rhetoric and answer the troubling question of whether civil discourse can ever hope to escape its obscene underside.
- Besprochen in:Rhetorik, 39/1 (2020), Daniela De Sabato
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Content 5 Preface 7 Introduction 9 1. Bodies of Speech 25 2. Voicing Desire 53 3. Talking to Excess 83 4. The Force of the Bitter Argument 109 5. An Ethics of Speech? 139 Conclusion 169 Bibliography 175
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839439197
- 3839439191
- OCLC:
- 1099946549
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