Lacan in Public - Psychoanalysis and the Science of Rhetoric

Argues that Lacan's contributions to the theory of rhetoric are substantial and revolutionary and that rhetoric is, in fact, the central concern of Lacan's entire body of work. Lacan's conception of rhetoric, Christian Lundberg argues in Lacan in Public, upsets and extends the received wisdom of American rhetorical studies.

About the author

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Christian Lundberg is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His articles have appeared in Cultural Studies, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Pre/Text, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly.

Summary

Argues that Lacan's contributions to the theory of rhetoric are substantial and revolutionary and that rhetoric is, in fact, the central concern of Lacan's entire body of work. Lacan's conception of rhetoric, Christian Lundberg argues in Lacan in Public, upsets and extends the received wisdom of American rhetorical studies.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Lundberg
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780817359201
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5920-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 149 mm x 226 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Illustrations: 10 black & white figures
• Series: Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Alabama Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric, Culture, and Social; Albma Rhetoric Cult & Soc Crit; Alabama Rhetoric Culture and Social Critique Series; Rhetoric Culture and Social Cr; Rhetoric, Culture, and, Social Critique
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries