Lacan, discourse, and social change : a psychoanalytic cultural criticism / Mark Bracher.
"Convinced that cultural criticism need not merely be an academic exercise but can help improve people's lives, Mark Bracher proposes a method of cultural criticism which is based on the principles of psychoanalytic treatment and which aims to alter subjectivity and behavior. In this force...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1993.
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| Summary: | "Convinced that cultural criticism need not merely be an academic exercise but can help improve people's lives, Mark Bracher proposes a method of cultural criticism which is based on the principles of psychoanalytic treatment and which aims to alter subjectivity and behavior. In this forceful and engagingly written book, Bracher first accounts for the failure of contemporary cultural criticism to achieve significant social impact. He then offers a model of analysis that draws on Lacan's theoretical insights into the structure of subjectivity and the psychological functions of discourse, asserting that the use of this model can promote collective psychological change."--Publishers website. |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 204 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0801427843 9780801427848 0801480639 9780801480638 |