China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view

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Autor(a) principal: Gelis Filho,Antonio
Data de Publicação: 2010
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos EBAPE.BR
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Resumo: The aim of this paper is to present a Žižekian-Lacanian interpretation of an interesting socio-economic triangle that has so far gained little recognition: the Discourse of Sustainability -Capitalism -China's Economic Expansion. It is sustained here that those three sides are connected and together they build a narrative that is self-perpetuating -at least up to a point. The Lacanian theory of discourse is applied to unveil a less obvious side of that relationship : the discourse of sustainability, as it is presented today is but a discourse of self-indulgence, since most of its versions discuss the possibility of "sustainable consumption", neutralizing the much more powerful discourse of "reducing consumption". China's economic success derives, in that sense from its ability to find a niche as the provider of consumption possibilities for Westerners.
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title China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
spellingShingle China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
Gelis Filho,Antonio
Sustainability
Lacan
Žižekian
China
title_short China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
title_full China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
title_fullStr China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
title_full_unstemmed China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
title_sort China's economic expansion and the 'sustainability of sustainability': a Žižekian-Lacanian view
author Gelis Filho,Antonio
author_facet Gelis Filho,Antonio
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gelis Filho,Antonio
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Sustainability
Lacan
Žižekian
China
topic Sustainability
Lacan
Žižekian
China
description The aim of this paper is to present a Žižekian-Lacanian interpretation of an interesting socio-economic triangle that has so far gained little recognition: the Discourse of Sustainability -Capitalism -China's Economic Expansion. It is sustained here that those three sides are connected and together they build a narrative that is self-perpetuating -at least up to a point. The Lacanian theory of discourse is applied to unveil a less obvious side of that relationship : the discourse of sustainability, as it is presented today is but a discourse of self-indulgence, since most of its versions discuss the possibility of "sustainable consumption", neutralizing the much more powerful discourse of "reducing consumption". China's economic success derives, in that sense from its ability to find a niche as the provider of consumption possibilities for Westerners.
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