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‘Kant with Sade’: The Law with DesireIn June of 1964, Lacan gathered together a group of close associates and announced, via tape recording, the founding of the Ecole freudienne de Paris; in which such thinkers as Michel de Certeau, Felix Guattari, and Luce Irigaray would later play a part. In a statement that shortly followed the inauguration… [MORE] 
{Clip} Ian Bremmer on the Daily ShowI really liked the first half of the clip because I think it lays an essential point of Zizek's political theory which states that late capitalism is NOT in fact the final stage of capitalism. Late capitalism or multinational corporation as the peak of capitalist productivity was a popular theory in Marxist circles… [MORE] 
Outline for a Work on Psychology and Psychoanalytic HistoryI haven't had many chances to work lately, so I'm posting what I consider to be an unfinished study of the topographical relation(s) between capitalist production, the modern subject, and contemporary psychology. As things stand, this is the product of another mandatory Intro to Psychology assignment.… [MORE] 
Why I Hate Women (and a brief section on why I love them)Freud’s treatment of Dora began in 1900 and lasted a year; five years later he published “Fragment of Analysis in a Case of Hysteria." This case proved to be essential in Freud’s development of his concept of transference. He believed that within treatment it was essential that a hysteric transfer… [MORE] 
Peace As Ideological Function pt 1Something of incredible importance happened relatively recently; Barack Obama gave his Noble Peace Prize acceptance speech. This event desperately necessitates critical elaboration but all the analysis that I have stumbled upon completely misses the mark. It is of unequivocal importance that we don't… [MORE] 
A Brief Encounter With Ego-Psychology (And Why Such Encounters Are Necessary)As some of you may know, I am currently taking my Nursing School prerequisites, including Intro to Psychology. The following is a required paper assignment. I debated whether this had enough value to warrant posting. The reasons against posting are: 1) the indignity of even engaging with ego-psychologists.… [MORE] 
Stray Observations on “The Taking of Pelham 123″I recently saw "The Taking of Pelham 123," the Tony Scott helmed action-thriller starring Denzel Washington and John Travolta. The film is a pretty generic heist story that occasionally aspires to venture well above its station, to be a character study juxtaposing the back stories of its antagonist… [MORE] 
Beyond the Reality PrincipleThe following is a welcome essay by guest-contributor Lauren Moos. Lacan’s opens this essay by stating that upon the date of his writing, a dramatic change had occurred in psychoanalysis. Whereas the first generation of psychoanalysts entered the cause due to “the ethical seduction of devotion… [MORE] 
Schematics: The Courage of Reading Today (Badiou and the Communist Hypothesis)This concise outline given to us by Badiou needs little commentary. I will only interrupt with a few notes. It's thrust has no moralism. Only an ethics, and a question that is put to you as to your fidelity to the truth and to your relation to the history of the politics of emancipation. These [...]… [MORE] 
Our Top Philosophical Influences: ZizekYunus: Okay. My interest lies in Zizek as popularizer of Jacques Lacan. Brendan: This is a sort of "marginal" way of putting it that I haven't heard you express before. Yunus: I go through phases of really diggin' his work and then thinking he's a sophist. I think speaking about him right after Foucault… [MORE] 
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Foucault-Badiou Transcript 2/3
Note: This is my own translation of the interview, which itself is a translation. So its is necessarily very rough. This Transcripts corresponds to the second part of the three. For the first transcript click here and for the third click here.
Badiou: Would you permit me to summarize it in some phrases that, surely, that [...]
Foucault-Badiou Transcript Part 1/3
Note: This is my own translation of the interview, which itself is a translation. So its is necessarily very rough. This Transcripts corresponds to the first part of the three. The second transcript can be found here, and third here.
Narrator: To live without Philosophy
-Descartes said-
Is as if to live without ever opening your eyes.
[Series Title]The [...]
Recovering the Second (Divine) Marriage from Fiddler On The Roof
I recently went to see a production of Fiddler On The Roof with my family in Savannah. Knowing little about the production (I hadn’t previously seen the movie or a performance) I didn’t really know what to expect; so, I was thrilled to find that the play confronts the dual but inextricably linked poles of [...]
For Those Who Read Spanish or Speak French: Philosophy and Psychology
In this video from 1965 Alain Badiou interviews Michel Foucault on the relationship between Philosophy and Psychology. Unfortunately it is in French and subtitled in Spanish. If you don’t speak either of those languages… well that blows for you because this is a real treat. You should really embrace globalization.
