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Zizek and the Rhetorical Unconscious: Global Politics, Philosophy, and Subjectivity

Zizek and the Rhetorical Unconscious: Global Politics, Philosophy, and Subjectivity

Samuels, Robert

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral PsychologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 3030509095
ISBN13: 9783030509095
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Aug 7 2020
Pages: 99
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.38 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book builds on a critique of Slavoj Zizek's work to outline a new theory of psychoanalytic rhetoric. It turns to Zizek because not only is he one of the most popular intellectuals in the world, but, this book argues, his discourse is shaped by a set of unconscious rhetorical processes that also determine much of contemporary politics, culture, and subjectivity. Just as Aristotle argued that the three main forms of persuasion are logos (reason), pathos (emotion), and ethos (authority), Samuels describes each one of these aspects of communication as related to a fundamental psychoanalytic concept. He also turns to Aristotle's work on theater to introduce a fourth form of rhetoric, catharsis, which is the purging of feelings of fear and pity.

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