Lacan in Public

Christian Lundberg is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His articles have appeared in Cultural Studies, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Pre/Text, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and Rhetoric Society Quarterly.

Lundberg's argument that Lacan offers a potentially transformative theory of rhetoric is thoroughly convincing, as is his adroit reconstruction of this theory. No doubt reframing rhetorical inquiry along the lines proposed by the book promises to yield vital new insights and to spur rewarding new interpretive strategies and research trajectories."" - Philosophy and Rhetoric""Lacan in Public makes an argument that is original and powerful, both because it newly illuminates many of Lacan's texts and because it helps firmly move rhetorical theory and criticism in a psychoanalytic direction—a direction in which it has been leaning for some time and for which there is growing enthusiasm. In fact, I believe that this book has the potential to be the ’go-to book on rhetoric and Lacanian theory’ for novices and seasoned scholars alike working in rhetorical studies, cultural studies, and political theory."" - Barbara A. Biesecker, author of Addressing Postmodernity: Kenneth Burke, Rhetoric, and a Theory of Social Change""Lacan in Public is a remarkably insightful and provocative book. Lundberg’s rigorous and richly detailed arguments will be of interest not only to rhetoric and communication scholars, but to any serious student of the humanities. Without question, Lacan in Public is the definitive study of the rhetorical theory both explicit and implied in Lacan’s body of thought. This striking achievement is the benchmark against which all future studies of Lacan’s rhetorical theory will be compared."" - Joshua Gunn, associate professor of Communication Studies at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Modern Occult Rhetoric: Mass Media and the Drama of Secrecy in the Twentieth Century