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- catalog abstract ""Exploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, 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. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b13176393.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Exploring the emergence of a societal imperative to enjoy ourselves, Todd McGowan builds on the work of such theorists as Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, 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. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-232) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: Psychoanalysis after Marx 1 -- 1. From Prohibition to Enjoyment 11 -- 2. The Decline of Paternal Authority 41 -- 3. Embracing the Image 59 -- 4. Shrinking Distances 75 -- 5. Interpretation under Duress 95 -- 6. The Appeal of Cynicism 121 -- 7. The Politics of Apathy 137 -- 8. A Missing Public World 155 -- 9. Explosions of Incivilty, Aggressiveness, and Violence 177 -- Conclusion: From Imaginary Enjoyment to Its Real Counterpart 191.".
- catalog extent "ix, 238 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "End of dissatisfaction?".
- catalog identifier "0791459675 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0791459683 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "End of dissatisfaction?".
- catalog isPartOf "SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Albany : State University of New York Press,".
- catalog relation "End of dissatisfaction?".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "2004 C-457".
- catalog subject "306.4/8 21".
- catalog subject "BF175.4.C84 M4 2004".
- catalog subject "Culture United States.".
- catalog subject "HM 1106 M478e 2004".
- catalog subject "Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.".
- catalog subject "Personal Satisfaction United States.".
- catalog subject "Psychoanalysis and culture.".
- catalog subject "Social Behavior United States.".
- catalog subject "Social Change United States.".
- catalog subject "Social Values United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: Psychoanalysis after Marx 1 -- 1. From Prohibition to Enjoyment 11 -- 2. The Decline of Paternal Authority 41 -- 3. Embracing the Image 59 -- 4. Shrinking Distances 75 -- 5. Interpretation under Duress 95 -- 6. The Appeal of Cynicism 121 -- 7. The Politics of Apathy 137 -- 8. A Missing Public World 155 -- 9. Explosions of Incivilty, Aggressiveness, and Violence 177 -- Conclusion: From Imaginary Enjoyment to Its Real Counterpart 191.".
- catalog title "The end of dissatisfaction? : Jacques Lacan and the emerging society of enjoyment / Todd McGowan.".
- catalog type "text".