Acts of Enjoyment - Rhetoric, Zizek, and the Return of the Subject

A critique of current pedagogies that introduces a psychoanalytical approach in teaching composition and rhetoric. Thomas Rickert builds upon the advances of cultural studies and its focus on societal trends and broadens this view by placing attention on the conscious and subconscious thought of the individual.

About the author

Thomas Rickert is assistant professor of English at Purdue University.

Summary

Presents a critique of pedagogies and introduces a psychoanalytical approach in teaching composition and rhetoric. This work builds upon the advances of cultural studies and its focus on societal trends and broadens this view by placing attention on the conscious and subconscious thought of the individual.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Rickert, Thomas J. Rickert
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2007
• EAN: 9780822959625
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-5962-5
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 223 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 358 g
• Series: Pittsburgh Series in Compositi; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy and Culture; Composition, Literacy, and Cul; Composition, Literacy, and Culture; Pittsburgh Series in Compositi
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Training, job, career; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Literature: general, reference works