{"product_id":"rhetorical-unconsciousness-and-political-psychoanalysis-m-lane-bruner-9781611179835","title":"Rhetorical Unconsciousness and Political Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCase studies exploring the roots of persuasion and rhetorical unconsciousness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRhetorical Unconsciousness and Political Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e 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).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruner 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e M. Lane Bruner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1611179831\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611179835\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"M. Lane Bruner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372429201663,"sku":"9781611179835","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c769b1fa-5fff-4051-a839-4760c10f9fb4.jpg?v=1732725917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rhetorical-unconsciousness-and-political-psychoanalysis-m-lane-bruner-9781611179835","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}