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The Sinthome (Seminar XXIII), Episode 2

Prof. Dr. Samuel McCormick
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The second episode in our new podcast on SXXIII expands on the first. Hence the rather awkward title of this one: “Bags of Skin.” See below for some of the diagram work we did along the way; and head to our YouTube channel if you want to watch it unfold one pen stroke at a time.

I’m also thrilled to report that the registration page for our next online lecture series is now live! Building directly on the concepts discussed in this podcast, we’ll be unpacking Lacan’s radical, late-stage reframing of the unconscious, in his wonderfully titled twenty-fourth seminar, Love is the Failure of the Unbewoops. You don’t want to miss this one!



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