A Church of Ignorance in The Age of Information
Consuming the object, or becoming a perfect object, seems more important than following your desire and dealing with subjectivity and the limits of om…
Tag: Psychoanalysis
Žižek, a New Irrationalist?
In a text written by the Marxist John Bellamy Foster (2023), he raises the issue of the emergence of new irrationalisms.
Glittering Generalities & Pop-leftist “Psychotherapy Speak”
On the surface, this language — which emphasizes identity politics, "anti-oppressive" lenses, "anti-racism," "the oppressed," "liberation therapy," …
The Blind Sea – A Short Film About Sea Swimming, Psychoanalysis and Ambivalence
During the pandemic, many people in Ireland - and elsewhere - took to wild swimming.
Kitchen Nightmares! Interpassivity, Anorexia & Body Trouble in the Electric Age
For the anorexic, refusing food, by which I mean to say ‘eating the nothing’, actually produces more satisfaction, more good humor. In the final i…