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Todd McGowan & Ryan Engley
Why Theory
Why Theory brings continental philosophy and psychoanalytic theory together to examine cultural phenomena.
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4.8 stars from 808 ratings
great stuff
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“i have listened to just about every episode at least once, has definitely had a real influence on my thinking. was wondering: could we get a spinoza episode or two?? i just read spinoza’s ethics and would be interested in some thoughts on it from the pod someday. thanks for making these!”
dreamlining via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/15/24
Todd McGowan
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“Todd was a fantastic professor of mine at Southwest Texas State University…now Texas State Umiversity. So happy I found him here…happy to hear him again, etc.
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Uber Goy via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/15/24
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“But can we stop saying “like” twice in every sentence? Makes everything sound, like, American juvenile.”
Swann R via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/12/24
Recent Episodes
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...
Published 04/13/24
Published 04/13/24
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.
Published 03/30/24
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