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Neo-Fascism And The State: The Negotiation Of National Identity In Modern Russia, Hanna Baranchuk
Neo-Fascism And The State: The Negotiation Of National Identity In Modern Russia, Hanna Baranchuk
Communication Dissertations
The present dissertation is a study of the process of national identity renegotiation in modern Russia. More specifically, I analyze the use of the word fascism in contemporary Russian discourse. Developing a blend of Kenneth Burke’s theory of human motives and Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory of the subject, I compare the psycho-rhetorical narratives of the four distinct parties - Vladimir Putin, state-sponsored “anti-fascists” (Nashi), independent anti-fascists (Antifa), and neo-fascists - which fight over the usage of the word fascism in their attempts to renegotiate the meaning of Russianness. While explicating the mechanism of national identity construction, …
The Ontological Scandal Of Corporate Personhood And Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Key Supreme Court Decisions, Nneka Logan
The Ontological Scandal Of Corporate Personhood And Speech: A Rhetorical Analysis Of Key Supreme Court Decisions, Nneka Logan
Communication Dissertations
The power of the corporation is pervasive in every aspect of human life. This situation initiates a question: how did the modern corporation become so powerful? To answer this question, as well as to understand the implications of the modern corporate form and its power in contemporary society, this dissertation explores how the corporation’s power stems from three historical developments that have had lasting significance: 1) its legal personification under the Fourteenth Amendment; 2) the development of its “voice” in the form of public relations and; 3) the acquisition of First Amendment political speech rights. Independently and collectively, each of …
I Am A Revolutionary Black Female Nationalist: A Womanist Analysis Of Fulani Sunni Ali's Role As A New African Citizen And Minister Of In-Formation In The Provisional Government Of The Republic Of New Africa, Rondee Gaines
Communication Dissertations
Historically, black women have always played key roles in the struggle for liberation. A critical determinant of black women’s activism was the influence of both race and gender, as these factors were immutably married to their subjectivities. African American women faced the socio-cultural and structural challenge of sexism prevalent in the United States and also in the black community. My study examines the life of Fulani Sunni Ali, her role in black liberation, her role as the Minister of Information for the Provisional Government for the Republic of New Africa, and her communication strategies. In doing so, I evaluate a …
Rhetorical Failures, Psychoanalytic Heroes: A Psychorhetoric Of Social Change, Kimberly D. Huff
Rhetorical Failures, Psychoanalytic Heroes: A Psychorhetoric Of Social Change, Kimberly D. Huff
Communication Dissertations
This dissertation confronts the rhetorical discipline with the Real of an antagonism illuminated through its encounter with Lacanian psychoanalysis. Rather than eliding the desire of subjects in favor of traditional discursive rhetorical solutions, the pschorhetorical response I will propose locates desire and the subject in the moments where communication fails and seeks to make public the realization of desire. Through the psychoanalytic analysis of three acts of agency that comprise rhetorical failure, I will argue that rhetorical analyses of social change are actually not persuasive enough in their acceptance that social reality is entirely mediated. The cases will show that …