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Psychopolitics of speech : uncivil discourse and the excess of desire /

The human capacity for speech is forever celebrated as evidence of its innate civility. Why, then, is public discourse often - and today more than ever, it would seem - so uncivil, even delusional? The reason, argues James Martin in this timely book, lies in the way speech works to organise desire....

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Martin, James, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : Transcipt Verlag, 2019.
Series:Edition Politik ; Bd. 40.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Bodies of speech
  • 2. Voicing desire
  • 3. Talking to excess
  • 4. The force of the bitter argument
  • 5. An ethics of speech?
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography.