Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change: A Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism by Mark

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change by Mark Bracher Convinced that cultural criticism need not merely be an academic exercise but can help improve peoples lives, Mark Bracher proposes a method of cultural criticism which is based on the principles of psychoanalytic treatment and which aims to alter... FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Convinced that cultural criticism need not merely be an academic exercise but can help improve peoples 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 Lacans 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. While cultural criticism has generally focused on texts, Bracher instead analyzes audiences actual responses-to a variety of discourses from "high" as well as popular culture: the political speeches of Ronald Reagan and Jesse Jackson, anti-abortion propaganda, pornography, Keatss "To Autumn," and Conrads Heart of Darkness.Through analyzing these responses, Bracher is able to uncover the unconscious identifications and fantasies of the respondents-an intervention that, he argues, has the potential for altering subjectivity. In his view, such a method of cultural criticism is both unusually powerful and ethnically defensible, since instead of attacking or upholding a groups values, it reveals the psychological conflicts manifest in responses to particular texts.Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change will be essential reading for students as well as specialists in such fields as cultural criticism, feminist theory, literary theory, psychoanalytic criticism, reader-response criticism, reader-response criticism, and Lacanian theory. Author Biography Mark Bracher is Professor of English and Director of the Center for Literature and Psychoanalysis at Kent State University. Review "In addition to his lucid presentation of Lacanian theory, Brachers readings of political and literary discourses furnish a fresh perspective on familiar topics and texts. His objective of making cultural criticism socially significant raises important questions about the functions of criticism and of pedagogy. A thoroughly interesting, appealing, and original book."-Martha Noel Evans "The project of designing a Lacanian cultural criticism is an ongoing and crucial one, and this book will make a significant contribution to current discussion. It is distinctive in both its theoretical core and its areas of critical analysis. In addition, Brachers critique of New Historicism is astute and timely and should be productively controversial."-Julia Reinhard Lupton and Kenneth Reinhard Long Description Convinced that cultural criticism need not merely be an academic exercise but can help improve peoples 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 Lacans 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. While cultural criticism has generally focused on texts, Bracher instead analyzes audiences actual responses--to a variety of discourses from "high" as well as popular culture: the political speeches of Ronald Reagan and Jesse Jackson, anti-abortion propaganda, pornography, Keatss "To Autumn," and Conrads Heart of Darkness . Through analyzing these responses, Bracher is able to uncover the unconscious identifications and fantasies of the respondents--an intervention that, he argues, has the potential for altering subjectivity. In his view, such a method of cultural criticism is both unusually powerful and ethnically defensible, since instead of attacking or upholding a groups values, it reveals the psychological conflicts manifest in responses to particular texts. Lacan, Discourse, and Social Change will be essential reading for students as well as specialists in such fields as cultural criticism, feminist theory, literary theory, psychoanalytic criticism, reader-response criticism, reader-response criticism, and Lacanian theory. Review Quote "The project of designing a Lacanian cultural criticism is an ongoing and crucial one, and this book will make a significant contribution to current discussion. It is distinctive in both its theoretical core and its areas of critical analysis. In addition, Brachers critique of New Historicism is astute and timely and should be productively controversial."-Julia Reinhard Lupton and Kenneth Reinhard Details ISBN0801480639 Author Mark Bracher Short Title LACAN DISCOURSE & SOCIAL CHANG Publisher Cornell University Press Language English ISBN-10 0801480639 ISBN-13 9780801480638 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 401.41 Year 1993 Imprint Cornell University Press Subtitle A Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism Place of Publication Ithaca Country of Publication United States Birth 1950 Pages 224 Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780801480638 UK Release Date 1993-03-02 AU Release Date 1993-03-02 NZ Release Date 1993-03-02 US Release Date 1993-03-02 Publication Date 1993-03-02 Alternative 9780801427848 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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