Acts of Enjoyment: Rhetoric, Zizek, and the Return of the Subject

by Thomas Rickert

Book Overview

Why are today's students not realizing their potential as critical thinkers? Although educators have, for two decades, incorporated contemporary cultural studies into the teaching of composition and rhetoric, many students lack the powers of self-expression that are crucial for effecting social change. Acts of Enjoyment presents a critique of current pedagogies and introduces a psychoanalytical approach in teaching composition and rhetoric. Thomas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959623
• ISBN13: 9780822959625
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.8"