@article{940597,
      recid = {940597},
      author = {Samuels, Robert,},
      title = {Zizek and the rhetorical unconscious : global politics,  philosophy, and subjectivity /},
      pages = {1 online resource (99 pages.).},
      abstract = {This book builds on a critique of Slavoj Zizeks work to  outline a new theory of psychoanalytic rhetoric. It turns  to Zizek because not only is he one of the most popular  intellectuals in the world, but, this book argues, his  discourse is shaped by a set of unconscious rhetorical  processes that also determine much of contemporary  politics, culture, and subjectivity. Just as Aristotle  argued that the three main forms of persuasion are logos  (reason), pathos (emotion), and ethos (authority), Samuels  describes each one of these aspects of communication as  related to a fundamental psychoanalytic concept. He also  turns to Aristotles work on theater to introduce a fourth  form of rhetoric, catharsis, which is the purging of  feelings of fear and pity. Adding a strong voice to current  psychoanalytic debate, this book will be of value to all  scholars and students interested in both the history and  modern developments of psychoanalytic theory. Robert  Samuels has doctorates in Psychoanalysis and English. He  teaches advanced writing and rhetoric at the University of  California, Santa Barbara, USA. He is the author of fifteen  books, including Freud for the Twenty-First Century.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/940597},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50910-1,  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50},
}