Resumen de Psychoanalysis and Burkeian rhetorical criticism

Stephen D. O'Leary, Mark H. Wright

• There is a complex relationship between Burkeian and Freudian theory. By making explicit some of the Freudian theory implicit in Burke's writings while preserving the proportionality of motives in Burkeian theory, we can better understand the symbolic functions of the presidency, in particular their role in Gary Hart's failed reentry into the 1988 Presidential campaign.