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The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment

The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment

Henry Sussman
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Exploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Z�iz�ek, 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 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.
Language
English
Pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Release
November 20, 2003
ISBN
0791459683
ISBN 13
9780791459683

The End of Dissatisfaction?: Jacques Lacan and the Emerging Society of Enjoyment

Henry Sussman
4.2/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Exploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Z�iz�ek, 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 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.
Language
English
Pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Release
November 20, 2003
ISBN
0791459683
ISBN 13
9780791459683

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