Ryan and Todd delve into Freud's late essay "Analysis Terminable and Interminable." They focus on the role that the death drive plays in this essay and in Freud's later thought. They view this through the lens of Freud's claim in this essay that psychoanalysis represents one of the three impossible professions.
Nov 9
Lacan's Seminar 18: On a Discourse...
<p>On this episode, Ryan and Todd continue their series of commentaries on Lacan's Seminars, this time bringing their attention to <em>Seminar XVIII: On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance</em>, which was recently published in an official English translation by Bruce Fink f ... Show More
1h 15m
Jul 2012
John Burnham, “After Freud Left: A Century of Psychoanalysis in America” (University of Chicago Press, 2012)
Perhaps most of us interested in psychoanalysis in the United States have the idea that, in 1909, when Freud lectured at Clark University, his first and only visit to this country, the profession was launched. That Freud was perhaps an afterthought to a larger celebration at the ... Show More
56m 43s
Mar 2021
Freud in Focus: Episode 4
In this episode, Jamie Ruers is in conversation with the Freud Museum's curator, Bryony Davies. They will discuss the forthcoming exhibition '1920/2020: Freud in Pandemic', which addresses the parallels between Freud's experience with the Spanish Flu and the COVID-19 pandemic tod ... Show More
18m 15s