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Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.

Why Theory Todd McGowan & Ryan Engley

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    • 4.9 • 8 calificaciones

Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.

    Endings

    Endings

    Ryan and Todd explore the problem of the ending, focusing on when and why the ending becomes important in film and television. They discuss the relationship between the ending of life and the ending of a work of art, especially in terms of psychoanalytic thinking.

    • 1h 25 min
    Parallax View

    Parallax View

    Ryan and Todd analyze Slavoj Zizek's contribution in what may be his magnum opus--The Parallax View. They discuss how he builds on the concept of parallax as originally articulated by Kojin Karatani and its implication for Zizek's understanding of politics.

    • 1h 12 min
    Seminar 11

    Seminar 11

    Ryan and Todd unpack Jacques Lacan's most well-known seminar--Seminar XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis. In doing so, they focus on Lacan's own exclusion as a starting point and then delve into two concepts that Lacan does not list among the fundamental ones--subjectivity and the objet a.

    • 1h 26 min
    Seminar 7

    Seminar 7

    Ryan and Todd analyze the complexity of Jacques Lacan's Seminar VII: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis. They discuss the various notions that appear there--from das Ding to sublimation to death drive to the ethics of desire.

    • 1h 28 min
    Critique Of Pure Reason -- Introduction

    Critique Of Pure Reason -- Introduction

    Ryan and Todd continue their exploration of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason with the Introduction. They discuss the importance of his critique of dogmatic metaphysics and the incredible discovery of the synthetic a priori judgment.

    Ryan's sports article: https://link.springer.com/journal/41282/online-first

    • 1h 18 min
    Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

    Ryan and Todd interpret David Lynch's Blue Velvet by paying special attention to the Kantian dimension of the film. They consider the film in terms of the thing-in-itself and the sublime.

    • 1h 19 min

Reseñas de clientes

4.9 de 5
8 calificaciones

8 calificaciones

PierinoLA ,

Great content

Keep up the great work and the transmission of psychoanalytic ideas! Greetings from Mexico.

Pablo Juarez Muñoz ,

Always interesting

I really like this podcast because I get to learn and interest into new things that later I find myself making research for. Greeting from Mexico.

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