Symbolic Castration

<p>In this episode, Ryan and Todd continue their commentaries on Jacques Lacan&#39;s seminars by turning their attention to Seminar XIX: ...or Worse. Lacan deepens his consideration of the non-relation in this seminar, further breaking from the signifying chain that had defined m ... Show More

<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

In this episode, Ryan and Todd complete their Gaze & Voice duology. While gaze & voice both enter into psychoanalytic theory as objects through Lacan's work at the same time, voice has received less critical attention since. The hosts put voice through a theoretical wringer, anal ... Show More

<p>Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) said of Nietzsche that he had &quot;more penetrating knowledge of himself than any man who ever lived or was likely to live.&quot; In spite of this, Freud always denied that Nietzsche was an influence on his thought, in spite of his multiple reference ... Show More

<p>Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) est un neurologue autrichien, considéré comme le père de la psychanalyse. Son travail a profondément influencé la psychologie, la psychiatrie, et la culture au sens large. Ses théories sur l’inconscient, la sexualité, et le développement psychique ont ... Show More

In this episode, Dr Carveth questions whether or not the psychoanalytic theory of acculturation is anything more than a projected castration phantasy. Was the turn away from guilt and the superego in psychoanalysis part of the neo-liberal attack on regulation? Dr Don Carveth work ... Show More

Avgi Saketopoulou’s work challenges our notions about trauma and much more. Her concept of traumatophilia asks us to consider not what we do about our trauma but what we do with our trauma. These theories are profoundly disruptive to our therapeutic sensibilities- the value we pl ... Show More

<p>This video focuses on what are regarded as the four major Jungian Archetypes: The Self, the Persona, the Shadow, and the Anima/Animus.  Few people have had as much influence on modern psychology as Carl Jung. </p><p>He was a practicing psychiatrist and is regarded as the found ... Show More

This week Tom and Jamie discuss Freud's ‘Constructions in Analysis’ (1937). This was his final completed paper on psychoanalytic technique, in which he compares psychoanalysis to archaeology. This episode is an exploration of the ideas in our current exhibition, 'Freud's Antiquit ... Show More

<p>What happens when the ego fails to form a symbol? In this episode of Acid Horizon, we&apos;re joined by Dr. Ben Morsa, a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic thinker working at the intersection of queer theory, neurodiversity, and mental health. Together, we dive into Mela ... Show More

<p class="p1">Sam Harris speaks with Geoffrey Miller about evolutionary psychology. They discuss sexual selection, virtue signaling, social media, public shaming, monogamy and polyamory, taboo topics in science, genetic engineering, gender differences and the "Google memo," moral ... Show More

<p>Performative males, hustle bros, sissies, and manfluencers. In episode 140 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss masculinity. What does it mean to be a man, and how has the concept of masculinity changed over time? They look at the male loneliness epidemic, the current influx ... Show More

<p>Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900), a man who suffered greatly from bodily ills, considered himself somewhat of a physician. Yet, his remedies were not aimed towards physical conditions of the body, but rather the personal and societal ills of his time. Nietzsche, often poeticall ... Show More