Rhetorical unconsciousness and political psychoanalysis / M. Lane Bruner.
| Author/creator | Bruner, Michael Lane, 1958- author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019] |
| Description | 1 online resource (ix, 234 pages). |
| Supplemental Content | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Subjects |
| Series | Studies in rhetoric/communication Studies in rhetoric/communication. ^A235916 |
| Contents | An introduction to rhetorical unconsciousness -- Conscious and unconscious rhetoric -- The ontical structure of rhetorical unconsciousness -- Artificial personhood -- The commodity self -- Secular theology and realization -- Conclusion: agency and realization. |
| Contents | Cover; Rhetorical Unconsciousness and Political Psychoanalysis; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; An Introduction to Rhetorical Unconsciousness; CHAPTER 1. Conscious and Unconscious Rhetoric; CHAPTER 2. The Ontical Structure of Rhetorical Unconsciousness; CHAPTER 3. Artificial Personhood; CHAPTER 4. The Commodity Self; CHAPTER 5. Secular Theology and Realization; Conclusion: Agency and Realization; Notes; References; Index |
| Abstract | "Rhetorical Unconsciousness and Political Psychoanalysis investigates unintentional forms of persuasion, their political consequences, and our ethical relation to the same. M. Lane Bruner argues that the unintentional ways we are persuaded are far more important than intentional persuasion; in fact all intentional persuasion is built on the foundations of rhetorical unconsciousness, whether we are persuaded through ignorance (the unsayable), unconscious symbolic processes (the unspoken), or productive repression (the unspeakable). Bruner brings together a wide range of theoretical approaches to unintentional persuasion, establishing the locations of such persuasion and providing examples taken from the Western European transition from feudalism to capitalism. To be more specific, phenomena related to artificial personhood and the commodity self have led to transformations in material culture from architecture to theater, showing how rhetorical unconsciousness works to create symptoms. Bruner then examines ethical considerations, the relationships among language in use, unconsciousness, and the seemingly irrational aspects of cultural and political history."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "The term rhetoric, no doubt, is broadly misunderstood. Most are ignorant of the term, as classically conceived in ancient Greece and Rome, and those aware of the term tend to associate it with self-interested spin if not cynical deception: mere rhetoric. While a partially correct assumption, since many do deploy the arts of persuasion intentionally for unenlightened ends, this is an incomplete and improper understanding of the rhetorical. In fact whatever persuades us is rhetorical, and rhetoric, as historically conceived across the ages, is the art, for better and worse, of intentional persuasion. Persuasion obviously can be manipulative, leading to derealization and unwise policy, but persuasion can also contribute to realization and wise policy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 21, 2019). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Bruner, Michael Lane, 1958- Rhetorical unconsciousness and political psychoanalysis. Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 2019 9781611179835 |
| LCCN | 2019010495 |
| ISBN | 9781611179842 (electronic book) |
| ISBN | 161117984X (electronic book) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Stock number | 22573/ctv7rjw5p JSTOR |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |