Helen Rollins is a writer and filmmaker from Northern Ireland, currently based between Belfast and London. She studied modern languages and literature at Cambridge and the ENS de Lyon. She lectures in philosophy, film and psychoanalysis and is the author of the forthcoming book Psychocinema. In this episode, we discuss film theory, lack, obect a, Lacan's gaze, the divided self, Hegelian contradiction, ideology, capitalism and its discontents.
You can find more of Helen's work at https://helenrollins.com/ and https://helenrollins.substack.com/
God Isn't Ready for Me Yet: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stevepieters/god-isnt-ready-for-me-yet
Helen's book: https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/Psychocinema-p-9781509561148
Watch the video version here.
RSam Podcast #45
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{Reference Links}
Psychoanalysis playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ6nqGscKrdfBwmut9q9US2HlDreOo0i&si=x3c-CbSSWTaY27nv
https://thedangerousmaybe.medium.com/lacans-concept-of-the-object-cause-of-desire-objet-petit-a-bd17b8f84e69
https://youtu.be/GXOcdFoQPXM?si=6DsavQ1ALxRMbjwP
https://youtu.be/vGQkqcJc7m8?si=S4vD1gXg50goos6B
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