Dr. Leon S. Brenner is a psychoanalyst & psychoanalytical theorist. His work focuses on the integration of philosophical and linguistic frameworks in the psychoanalytic theory of subjectivity and the understanding of the relationship between culture and psychopathology. He is the co-founder of Unconscious Berlin, and his latest book on the psychoanalysis of autism is called 'The Autistic Subject: On the Threshold of Language,' where he presents a novel account of autistic subjectivity from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. In this episode, we discuss Žižek, Badiou, clinical and subjective structures, drive vs desire, autistic vs psychotic foreclosure, language's relationship to the body and what psychoanalysis tells us about love. You can find more of Dr Brenner's work at https://leonbrenner.com/ The Autistic Subject: https://leonbrenner.com/book/ Our previous conversation: https://youtu.be/KiWXPPJ67d0 Watch the video version ⁠here⁠. RSam Podcast #34 ---------------------------------------   {Podcast} YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/c/RahulSam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Substack: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rsampod.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Anchor: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://rahulsam.me/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   {Social Media} ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/trsam97⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ {Reference Links} https://theoryunderground.com/courses/brenner-1/ https://www.instagram.com/p/C3R-3hko7bG/ https://thedangerousmaybe.medium.com/theory-of-desire-jacques-lacan-and-squid-game-7e3d7563afbf --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this podcast evoke your interest, consider visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://theunhappyman.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ---------------------------------------   Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please send me an email at [email protected], and we can sort it out. Thank you.