{"product_id":"capitalism-and-the-new-political-unconscious-9781350240292","title":"Capitalism and the New Political Unconscious","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking seriously Jacques Lacan's claim that the unconscious is politics', this volume proposes a new understanding of political power, interrogating the assumption that contemporary capitalism functions by tapping into forms of unconscious enjoyment, rather than providing transcendental conditions for the articulation of political meanings and desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Whether we're aware of it or not, political communication today targets the audience's libidinal response through political and institutional language: in policies, speeches, tweets, social media appearances, gestures and images. Yet does this mean that current power structures no longer need symbolic or ideological frameworks? The authors in this volume think not. Far from demonstrating a shift to a post-ideological age, they argue instead that such methods inaugurate an altogether novel approach to political power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written by leading scholars from around the world, including Roberto Esposito and Slavoj Žižek, each ch\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187289874775,"sku":"9781350240292","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/capitalism-and-the-new-political-unconscious-9781350240292","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}