Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.
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Theory Underground aims to make challenging philosophical and theoretical work accessible, not by summarizing, but by aiding those who seek to engage in this work as a way of life. Keep up with everything at theoryunderground.com
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The podcast exploring the work of Slavoj Žižek
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A weekly podcast hosted by Mace Mooney and Scott Gronholz that tries to help listeners live a less certain and more curious life. Life is big and complicated and there truly is "no small thing"; everything is worth talking about. Welcome to the conversation!
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Conversations about the mind and the reality in which it exists.
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Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis, Art, Occulture, Politics
Dr. Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson
Rendering Unconscious Podcast & Trapartisan Radio Support our work at Patreon, where we post exclusive content every week: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is HUGELY appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally. Dr. Sinclair interviews fellow psychoanalysts, psychologists, creative arts therapists, writers, artists, scholars, poets, philosophers and other intellectuals ab ...
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Friendly philosophical interrogations and explorations, with a wide range of thinkers from all walks of life. Getting to the thinking behind the thinking using empathy, clarity and courage.
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I live in Whistler, BC. I started this podcast with no agenda. I like to talk to people, I like to laugh, I like to not take things too seriously and I am trying to become a better listener. These conversations are casual. If you dig it, a LIKE or a SHARE would be sweet.
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Todd McGowan on Hegel's Theory of Death in Phenomenology of Spirit vs. Nick Land's Fanged Noumena
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Enroll for Mikey's seminar here https://theoryunderground.com/product/freemikey Enroll for Mikey's Intro to Zizek starting in September: https://theoryunderground.com/product/zizek-1/ GET INVOLVED or SUPPORT Join live sessions and unlock past courses and forums on the TU Discord by becoming a member via the monthly subscription! It’s the hands-down…
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RU307: DRS WALTER "MAC" DAVIS & TODD MCGOWAN ON THE LAST CATHOLIC
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RU307: WALTER DAVIS & TODD MCGOWAN ON THE LAST CATHOLIC http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru307-walter-davis-todd-mcgowan-on-the-last-catholic/Rendering Unconscious episode 307.Professor Emeritus Walter A. Davis, Ohio State University, is an actor and playwright, as well as psychoanalyst and theoretician. His many books include Art…
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LISTEN HERE! Alright, this is the third episode of our new Patreon series SHORT SESSIONS and we’re taking a look at one of Slavoj Žižek’s most recent Substacks “The Uses & Misuses of Neurotheology”. We’re talking Out-of-Body experiences, LSD & dolphins, non-consensual encounters with dimethyltryptamine crocodiles, and climate controlled neurologica…
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Chirs Cutrone on Anti-Imperialism and Gabriel Rockhill's The Global Theory Industry and the CIA
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“Anti-imperialism is not Marxism. Sorry.” - Chris Cutrone, on why so much of today’s Marxism is missing the point. We return to the subject of Gabriel Rockhill, and his piece on The Global Theory Industry and the CIA. ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the cont…
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How to organize with normies? Swoletariat asking for a friend
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Watch a follow up conversation with Swol, Dave, and Ann on his channel "Marxists Review Am I Racist? (WE LOVE IT!) with Ann & David Mckerracher of Theory Underground" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMhNNhQ8hMA ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of …
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The Left as a Hope Industry - Benjamin Studebaker on Marxist Monasteries, Theory Churches, & LARPing
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Benjamin Studebaker is back to talk about the pieces he is working on for TUCON 2024. You should check out his podcasts The Lack and Political Theory 101 (available on Spotify and basically everywhere). To become a subscribing member at TU look below! ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop th…
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RU310: EMMALEA RUSSO ON COSMIC EDGES, PSYCHOANALYSIS, ASTROLOGY, CREATIVITY
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RU310: EMMALEA RUSSO ON COSMIC RIGOR, PSYCHOANALYSIS, CREATIVITY & ASTROLOGY http://www.renderingunconscious.org/lacan/ru310-emmalea-russo-on-cosmic-rigor-psychoanalysis-creativity-astrology/Rendering Unconscious episode 310.Emmalea Russo is a writer and astrologer. Her poetry and writings on film and visual art have appeared in many venues includi…
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Ryan and Todd explore the classical horror film in terms of the antagonism between life and the beyond, inclusive of death. They focus on the films The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Frankenstein, Invisible Man, Godzilla, and Psycho.By Todd McGowan & Ryan Engley
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Intellectual Property
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Alright, we’re Living in the End Times, the commons of our culture has been captured and this is the first episode in a series we’re doing on The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, or as Žižek sometimes puts it, the Four Riders of the Apocalypse. This week we’re talking intellectual property and the economy. Žižek says we are approaching a whole seri…
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Timenergy: Personal, Organizational, and Global - Brussels day 2 of the The TU European Tour
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Get to know us on this more personal and at times chaotic rollercoaster of a ride. ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field you will have to know a handful of important figures from …
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Bringing Ideas To Life - FILM and THEORY with Helen Rollins and Will Proudler
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Check out Helen's work here: https://helenrollins.com/ And become a member at TU here: https://theoryunderground.com/products/tu-subscription-tiers ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this…
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RU309: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST CHRIS COLLINS ON CREATING WITH CUT - UPS, BRONZE & SO MUCH MORE
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RU309: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ARTIST CHRIS COLLINS ON CREATING WITH CUT-UPS, BRONZE & SO MUCH MORE http://www.renderingunconscious.org/art/ru309-multi-disciplinary-artist-chris-collins-on-creating-with-cut-ups-bronze-so-much-more/Rendering Unconscious episode 309.Chris Collins is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and educator based in rural Pennsy…
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Neither Left Nor Right? Chris Cutrone and Nina Power
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Enroll in Chris' course here http://theoryunderground.com/courses/marxism-101 Follow Nina on Substack here: https://ninapower.substack.com/ ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). To get basically situated in this field y…
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Christine Louis Dit Sully on Anti-Immigration Protests in the U.K. and Race
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Dave and Nance are joined by Dr. Christine Louis Dit-Sully to talk about the Anti-Immigration Protests in the U.K. and Race. GET INVOLVED or SUPPORT Join live sessions and unlock past courses and forums on the TU Discord by becoming a member via the monthly subscription! It’s the hands-down best way to get the most out of the content if you are exc…
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RU308: CARL ABRAHAMSSON ON THE MAGIC OF OCCULT CINEMA, THE FENRIS WOLF, SOURCE MAGIC MENTORING
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RU308: CARL ABRAHAMSSON ON THE MAGIC OF OCCULT CINEMA, THE FENRIS WOLF & SOURCE MAGIC MENTORING http://www.renderingunconscious.org/creativity/ru308-carl-abrahamsson-on-the-magic-of-occult-cinema-the-fenris-wolf-source-magic-consultations/Watch this discussion at YouTube: https://youtu.be/VnzU7dqniUI?si=jDw5RwWyaNFZ_NEqRendering Unconscious episode…
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PREVIEW: Adrian Johnston & The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital
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Alright, we’re back again with ADRIAN JOHNSTON to discuss more of his book INFINITE GREED: THE INHUMAN SELFISHNESS OF CAPITAL. FULL EPISODE ON OUR PATREON HERE! Adrian takes us through some of the shifts in Freud’s positions on Marxism and this insistence on negativity as history’s “real motor”.Are we worth our weight in gold? What is the link betw…
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Fall is just around the corner and it brings up a lot of nostalgia for this season where many of us where heading back to school. It seems like a good time to share some memories, talk about the symbolism or metaphor of returning to school or learning, and talk about some life updates regarding your No Small Thing pals!…
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Lecture for TOTAL beginners: Marx, timenergy, alienation, and the mode of production vs. PMC RRR
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This is the 1,000 foot view of everything going on at Theory Underground for absolute newbies (college students in their first year!). If you want more, or to go deeper, consider getting involved. You can access all of McKerracher's behind the scenes Sociology 101 lectures as well as the critical theory and critique of political economy deep dives …
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Is this a theory of COSMIC drive!? Todd McGowan on Schelling's Theory of DRIVE!
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Enroll for Mikey's seminar here https://theoryunderground.com/product/freemikey Enroll for Mikey's Intro to Zizek starting in September: https://theoryunderground.com/product/zizek-1/ GET INVOLVED or SUPPORT Join live sessions and unlock past courses and forums on the TU Discord by becoming a member via the monthly subscription! It’s the hands-down…
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THE PLAN: Introduction to Sociology and Critical Social Theory with David McKerracher
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This is the FIRST in the series called Deep Dives with Dave (DDD Season 1 Episode 1) These are a PART of the ongoing research seminar Dave does with Ann, which is called the Snelgrove-McKerracher Synthesis Seminar... By signing up for that seminar as a subscriber, you become a member at TU and unlock access to all their past lectures AND the ongoin…
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"Humorless cowards run the world." Nina Power on her cancellation
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*The quotation in the title is not a direct quote, but is instead a paraphrase of a theme that comes up, put in a more clickable format. If you want a more forensic breakdown of what happened you can listen to Ann and Dave read the article by A Worker At Large here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGhQjjjsQY GET INVOLVED or SUPPORT Join live sessi…
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Žižek on Nick Land, Jordan Peterson, Piers Morgan, Gabriel Rockhill, Sublime Object of Ideology ETC
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BRAND NEW INTERVIEW WITH ZIZEK! He came on to promote Mikey's course that starts THIS Saturday, September 7th. You can enroll here: https://theoryunderground.com/product/zizek-1/ If you sign up for Mikey's monthly seminar membership at tiers 2 or higher you will get a promo code that offers a huge discount on his upcoming courses, as well as unlock…
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Ryan and Todd develop their theory of the heist film as a genre, which they see as structured through the opposition between desire and its object. They examine closely Rififi, The Killing, Heat, Ocean's 11, and Inside Man, as well as touching on many other key films of the genre.Hugh Manon's film noir podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0aQXewY…
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Alright, you've been asking for it, and here it is... Adrian Johnston is back talking about his new book INFINITE GREED: THE INHUMAN SELFISHNESS OF CAPITAL. If you want more episodes and to support our project head to PATREON! Adrian says, “The capitalist socioeconomic system in its entirety thus resembles a person who shoves his own head up his ow…
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Matthew Stanley on the Business of Finding Your Audience Without Selling Out, School-Brain Syndrome, and Dying Without Regrets
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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over critical media theory (CMT), critical doxology and timenergy (CDT), critique of libidinal economy (CLE), critique of political economy (CPE), critique of ge…
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RU306: SAYWRANE ALFONSO WILLIAMS IS THE INTERLOCUTOR
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RU306: SAYWRANE ALFONSO WILLIAMS IS THE INTERLOCUTOR http://www.renderingunconscious.org/activism/ru306-saywrane-alfonso-williams-is-the-interlocutor/Rendering Unconscious episode 306.Watch this discussion at YouTube: https://youtu.be/RVVFKSM0r0s?si=dz5Txu34ZFJlbfauS. Alfonso Williams is back to talk about all he’s been up to over the past few year…
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In Defense of M. Night Shyamalan's New Film TRAP - Fatherhood, Split Subjectivity, and Two Worlds
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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over critical media theory (CMT), critical doxology and timenergy (CDT), critique of libidinal economy (CLE), critique of political economy (CPE), critique of ge…
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222: Friendship with Reuven and Pat
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222: Friendship with Reuven and Pat by No Small Thing PodcastBy No Small Thing Podcast
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Cutrone on Politics, Religion, and Generations delete end boomers, millenials, and the stages of
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Cutrone's course at Theory Underground begins in October. You can sign up for it here: https://theoryunderground.com/courses/marxism-101/ Monthly subscribers at TU (tiers 2 or higher) get half off of this and all other courses - become a subscriber here: https://theoryunderground.com/products/tu-subscription-tiers GET INVOLVED or SUPPORT Join live …
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We read Anatomy of A Witch Hunt by James Robb - A Worker At Large on Nina Power
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It's right here: https://convincingreasons.wordpress.com/2024/08/08/anatomy-of-a-witch-hunt/ ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over critical media theory (CMT), critical doxology and timenergy (C…
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Exciting things at TU + lots of awesome people doing great things
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Sneak peak into some of the stuff going on at the Snelgrove-McKerracher seminar https://theoryunderground.com/product/tu-subscription-tiers/ ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over critical media …
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The Political Philosophy Trilogy Overview pt. 3 with Benjamin Studebaker at Theory Underground
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Benjamin Studebaker studied and taught Political Philosophy at Cambridge, and they go hard! Here he gives TU a crash course overview of the topics and approach they took to part one of the three part series on political philosophy. The reason for this is because Studebaker is helping workers with earbuds and autodidacts at TU get a basis in politic…
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Alright, we’re back…plumbing the depths of psychoanalytic marxism! This week we discuss Slavoj Žižek’s Scatology through Adrian Johnston’s most recent book Infinite Greed: The Inhuman Selfishness of Capital. Jacques Lacan points out that we are born between urine and faeces, and that man is the only animal for whom waste disposal is a problem. What…
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Ryan and Todd explore the genre of the sports film, focusing on important entries in the genre such as Chariots of Fire, Rocky, and Heaven Can Wait, among others. They define this genre through the category of the impossible and discuss the relationship between possibility and impossibility as it plays out in the sports film.…
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We're back y'all! This week we discuss an anime that is the headwaters for so many other pop-culture creations we love! Most significantly- Steven Universe! Revolutionary Girl Utena was way ahead of its time when first aired in the mid 90's! Its a fabulously queer surrealist story that invites curiosity and a psychoanalytic engagement. Its dreamy, …
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RU305: GRIFFIN HANSBURY ON HIS BOOKS SOME STRANGE MUSIC, FERAL CITY, VANISHING NY
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RU305: GRIFFIN HANSBURY ON HIS BOOKS: SOME STRANGE MUSIC DRAWS ME IN, FERAL CITY & VANISHING NEW YORK http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru305-griffin-hansbury-on-his-books-some-strange-music-draws-me-in-feral-city-vanishing-new-york/Rendering Unconscious episode 305.Griffin Hansbury is an author and a psychoanalyst in private pract…
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Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves w/ Todd McGowan
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Alright, Todd McGowan is back again on the podcast to talk more about his most recent book Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves. TO HEAR OUR FIRST CONVERSATION WITH TODD ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK YOU CAN LISTEN HERE! You can also listen to our episode on Alienation as a concept in Żižek's work here! Are there good and bad for…
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Meet the wrestling community Skip navigation Search Avatar image 46:30 / 3:47:00 Let's see this Swol x Mikey thing while I play Minecraft
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ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over critical media theory (CMT), critical doxology and timenergy (CDT), critique of libidinal economy (CLE), critique of political economy (CPE), critique of ge…
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RU304: DRS LYNNE LAYTON, IAN PARKER & ELIZABETH DANTO ON CLASS IN THE CLINIC @ THE RED CLINIC
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RU304: CLASS IN THE CLINIC: HISTORY, THEORY, PRACTICE. WITH ELIZABETH DANTO, LYNNE LAYTON & IAN PARKER @ THE RED CLINIC http://www.renderingunconscious.org/freud/ru304-class-in-the-clinic-history-theory-practice-with-elizabeth-danto-lynne-layton-ian-parker-the-red-clinic/Rendering Unconscious episode 304.This is a special episode of Rendering Uncon…
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Alright this week Todd McGowan is back on the podcast to talk about his most recent book Embracing Alienation Why We Shouldn't Try to Find Ourselves. SUPPORT OUR PROJECT ON PATREON! You can also listen to our episode on Alienation as a concept in Żižek's work here! The subject is divided from itself even in the form in which it is completely at hom…
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Ryan and Todd discuss what they see as the important moments from Freud's New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis--both its highlights and its lowlights. They explore the role that Freud's 1920 discovery of the death drive plays--or doesn't play--in this work.By Todd McGowan & Ryan Engley
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The Preface to Totality and Infinity - Emmanuel Levinas - an exegetical lecture
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The preface to Totality and Infinity is beautiful, challenging, and profound. The course begins August 3rd! Enroll here http://theoryunderground.com/courses/levinas-1 My subscribers get 90% off! Become a TU member here: https://theoryunderground.com/products/tu-subscription-tiers ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture insti…
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RU303: DR MIKITA BROTTMAN ON GUILTY CREATURES, SEX, GOD & MURDER IN FLORIDA, TRUE CRIME
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RU303: MIKITA BROTTMAN ON GUILTY CREATURES – SEX, GOD & MURDER IN FLORIDA http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru303-mikita-brottman-on-guilty-creatures-sex-god-murder-in-florida/Rendering Unconscious episode 303Dr. Mikita Brottman returns to Rendering Unconscious to discuss her latest book Guilty Creatures: Sex, God, and Murder in Ta…
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Nick Land—dodging or trolling Žižek???
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We finally got some kind of a response from Land. The Land vs. Žižek playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlcbaQ1cp2TL_THpfScbzI5sYvFDtgF8b ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CST). CST is the umbrella over crit…
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Anti-Intellectualism and Its Causes - w Nina Power and Helen Rollins - Theory Underground in LONDON
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From Theory Underground's 2024 American Idiots Tour in London, the second to last stop of the tour! A collaboration with Nina Power and Helen Rollins! An amazing event. Hope you enjoy. ABOUT Theory Underground is a research, publishing, and lecture institute. TU exists to develop the concept of timenergy in the context of critical social theory (CS…
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Alright, we’re back…LET'S GET ALIENATED! This is a PATREON PREVIEW of this weeks episode where we discuss Todd McGowan's latest book Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn’t Try to Find Ourselves. TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE SUPPORT OUR PROJECT ON PATREON! We’re talking the Politics of Alienation, Separation, What’s in a Name, Failing with Style, T…
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