PREMIUM-Episode 26: Freud on the Human C...

On Mere Christianity (1952), where Lewis presents the moral argument for the existence of God and present Christianity as uniquely solving the human conundrum that our moral phenomenology presents, i.e. that the moral law is real in us yet we can never fulfill it. Once you're on ... Show More

Your wise and authoritative hosts explore forms of respectful address, what counts as good philosophy, the holodeck full-contact Fantasy Island experience, status in economic transactions, Trek not War, default improv scenarios, fear of playfulness, philosophy or improv as educat ... Show More

We conclude our treatment for the moment of the Spirit section of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, sec. 527-73. Hegel's diagnosis: The Enlightenment and faith only seem to be in conflict because they are two sides of "pure consciousness," i.e. thought as a retreat from the actual ... 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

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

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Today we talk about Freud's views on civilization and the first half of Marcuse's response to them. Thank you so much for listening! Could never do this without your help. Website: https://www.philosophizethis.org/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philosophizethis Social: Instagr ... Show More

In this episode of ‘Freud in Focus’, Tom and Jamie will be discussing Freud’s first full-scale analysis of a literary text, the charming and summery, ‘Delusion and Dream in Jensen’s Gradiva’. 

<p>Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! <a href='http://www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness'>www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness</a><br/><br/>In the latest installment of the Standard Edition, we discuss a number of the ... Show More

LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE HERE! This week the fellas read through Žižek’s Looking Awry. We’re talking anamorphosis, Shakespeare, Zeno’s Paradoxes and the end of the world. Will is in the woods, Peter is at a gathering and Michael’s cat is out of the bag. Thank you to all our fel ... Show More

This week, the fellas are back discussing Alenka Zupančič's Problemi essay, 'Lying on the Couch'. How does the psychoanalytic framework allow us to make sense of culture and lying, what is the asymmetry of a truth and a lie, and what did we think of the new Beatles song? Mike is ... Show More

<p>Subscribe to get access to the full episode, the episode reading list, and all premium episodes! <a href='http://www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness'>www.patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness</a><br/><br/>Abby, Patrick, and Dan continue their journey through the Project for a Scient ... Show More

In part one of our new podcast series Jamie and Tom discuss the first chapter of Civilisation and its Discontents, looking at Freud’s analysis of the ‘oceanic feeling’, and the famous archaeological metaphor of the mind. Producer: Karolina Heller