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The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment (SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture) - Hardcover
Exploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zðizûek, Joan Copjec, and Theresa Brennan to argue that we are in the midst of a large-scale transformation--a shift from a society oriented around prohibition (i.e., the notion that one cannot just do as one pleases) to one oriented around enjoyment. McGowan identifies many of the social ills of American culture today as symptoms of this transformation: the sense of disconnection, the increase in aggression and violence, widespread cynicism, political apathy, incivility, and loss of meaning. Discussing these various symptoms, he examines various texts from film, literature, popular culture, and everyday life, including Toni Morrison's Paradise, Tony Kushner's Angels in America, and such films as Dead Poets Society and Trigger Effect. Paradoxically, The End of Dissatisfaction? shows how the American cultural obsession with enjoying ourselves actually makes it more difficult to do so.
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"This is a compelling and indeed paradigm-shifting book that successfully combines Lacanian theory with cultural criticism to provide an in-depth analysis of the effects of global capitalism on contemporary American subjects. It is essential reading for those interested in cultural studies, psychoanalysis, contemporary film criticism, and contemporary literature."
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Explores the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, argues that we are in the midst of a large-scale transformation - a shift from a society oriented around prohibition to one oriented around enjoyment. Identifies many of the social ills of American culture today as symptoms of this transformation.
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- PublisherState University of New York Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0791459675
- ISBN 13 9780791459676
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages248
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