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Civilization and Its Discontents
In this episode, Ryan and Todd go through Freud's rich late text Civilization and Its Discontents. They discuss the oceanic feeling, Freud's critique…
5 years, 7 months ago
Jouissance
In this episode, Ryan and Todd chronicle the varied evolution of the concept of jouissance in the thought of Jacques Lacan and offer their idea of th…
5 years, 8 months ago
Lacan's Seminar 2: The Ego in Freud's Theory...
In their continuing series on Jacques Lacan's seminars, Ryan and Todd devote this episode to Seminar 2, which focuses on the relationship between the…
5 years, 8 months ago
Domestic Terrorism
In this special episode, Ryan and Todd comment on the recent attempted coup in the United States. They address the significance of this act of domest…
5 years, 9 months ago
Tenet
In this episode, Ryan and Todd analyze the new Christopher Nolan film Tenet. They discuss the film in terms of the concept of Nachtraglickeit or retr…
5 years, 9 months ago
Popular Music
In this episode, Ryan and Todd investigate the theoretical implications of popular music, focusing on groups such as the Replacements, the Talking He…
5 years, 9 months ago
German Idealism
In this episode, Ryan and Todd discuss the phenomenon of German Idealism through its four primary figures--Kant, Fichte, Schelling, and Hegel. Rather…
5 years, 10 months ago
Hegel's Self-Consciousness
This episode is the third in a seven part series devoted to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Ryan and Todd discuss the second major section, Self-Con…
5 years, 10 months ago
Election Special
In this special episode, Ryan and Todd analyze the recent US presidential election. They note that Joe Biden's victory covers over several problems i…
5 years, 11 months ago
Deleuze after Guattari
In the third and final episode devoted to the thought of Gilles Deleuze, Ryan and Todd discuss the Deleuze of the 1980s, the Deleuze after Guattari. …
5 years, 11 months ago