Political Jouissance

When we oppose or disagree with something important, do we ever really do it dispassionately? Isn't setting the world to rights or condemning a political opponent always done with a hint of relish, or at least enthusiasm? This book's challenging essays explore the modes in which that transgressive pleasure of political 'jouissance' operates.

Rather than delegitimizing or depoliticising, the tacit enjoyment of outrage can in fact facilitate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350352748
• ISBN13: 9781350352742
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"