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Lacan’s Concept of the Object-Cause of Desire (objet petit a)

I’m a big fan of Jacques Lacan’s work and I’ve been studying his ideas for years now. I’ve taken online courses that have centered around Lacanian psychoanalysis and have engaged in countless conversations about it. I find that one concept in particular remains incredibly difficult for people to understand. Of…

Psychology

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Lacan’s Concept of the Object-Cause of Desire (objet petit a)
Lacan’s Concept of the Object-Cause of Desire (objet petit a)
Psychology

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Jan 7

Wage Labor and Jouissance: Why the Left Needs Žižek to Understand Workers

What follows is less of an academic essay and more of a personal tribute to the work of Slavoj Žižek. His concepts, theories and insights have had a profound impact on my own thinking, but this influence goes far beyond abstract philosophizing and speculation. I argue that Žižek’s work is…

Slavoj Žižek

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Wage Labor and Jouissance: Why the Left Needs Žižek to Understand Workers
Wage Labor and Jouissance: Why the Left Needs Žižek to Understand Workers
Slavoj Žižek

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Nov 28, 2022

Young Žižekians on Jonah Hill’s ‘Stutz’: Lacanian Psychoanalysis vs. Therapism

Hi, I’m writing this to let you know that I had a great discussion last night with my fellow Young Žižekians (Andrew, Nick and Dave). This is the first time that the four of us have actually been able to film a conversation together. We discuss Jonah Hill’s new film…

Jonah Hill

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Young Žižekians on Jonah Hill’s ‘Stutz’: Lacanian Psychoanalysis vs. Therapism
Young Žižekians on Jonah Hill’s ‘Stutz’: Lacanian Psychoanalysis vs. Therapism
Jonah Hill

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Nov 16, 2022

Karl Marx on Religion

What follows is my commentary on one of the most famous passages in all of Karl Marx’s work. This particular passage is found at the very beginning of ‘A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Introduction’, which contains Marx’s most well-known discussion of religion (Christianity). This contains…

Marxism

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Karl Marx on Religion
Karl Marx on Religion
Marxism

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Oct 9, 2022

A Tribute to Doug Washer

As most of you know, I never got to get a formal education. I didn’t graduate from high school (I do have my GED, though) and I never went to university. However, when I was 27 and 28, I did take some classes at Longview Community College. The story goes…

Philosophy

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A Tribute to Doug Washer
A Tribute to Doug Washer
Philosophy

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Sep 25, 2022

The Real Stan Just Stood Up: A Lacanian Interpretation of The Game’s ‘The Black Slim Shady’ (Eminem Diss)

The Game recently released a diss track, a song called ‘The Black Slim Shady’, aimed at his former Aftermath labelmate who goes by the name Eminem. The track is based on two beats. The first is a vintage Dr. Dre/G-Unit sounding beat (circa 2003) and the second one is very…

Psychoanalysis

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The Real Stan Just Stood Up: A Lacanian Interpretation of The Game’s ‘The Black Slim Shady’ (Eminem…
The Real Stan Just Stood Up: A Lacanian Interpretation of The Game’s ‘The Black Slim Shady’ (Eminem…
Psychoanalysis

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Jul 2, 2022

Heidegger’s Concept of the Ontological Difference

What follows is a short introduction to the Heideggerian concept of the ontological difference, which is absolutely essential to all of Heidegger’s philosophizing. In fact, I’d argue that one cannot begin to make sense of Heidegger’s lifelong questioning of Being without grasping this fundamental distinction. Understanding the ontological difference presupposes…

Heidegger

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Heidegger’s Concept of the Ontological Difference
Heidegger’s Concept of the Ontological Difference
Heidegger

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Jun 18, 2022

The objet petit a and the objet a are the exact same thing!

A couple of months ago, I received some “criticism” of one of my blog posts on Lacan because I “conflated” the terms objet petit a and objet a. My “critic” informed me that I was “straight-up retarded” for making this mistake. now, the problem, of course, is that the objet…

Lacan

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The objet petit a and the objet a are the exact same thing!
The objet petit a and the objet a are the exact same thing!
Lacan

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May 30, 2022

In Defense of Žižek and Lacan

Hello, it’s Michael Downs here. I am the author of The Dangerous Maybe. I just want to let all of my readers know about something very cool that just happened last Saturday night. Recently, Chris Cutrone (the founder of the Platypus Affiliated Society) went on my friend Theory Pleeb’s YouTube…

Chris Cutrone

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In Defense of Žižek and Lacan
In Defense of Žižek and Lacan
Chris Cutrone

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Mar 24, 2022

New YouTube Streams on Žižek’s Theory of Ideology

Hi, everyone! I just want to let all of you know that I currently have a new series of videos in the works devoted to Žižek’s theory of ideology over on Theory Pleeb’s YouTube channel. I decided to do this as a way of celebrating Slavoj’s birthday (March 21). The…

Slavoj Žižek

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New YouTube Streams on Žižek’s Theory of Ideology
New YouTube Streams on Žižek’s Theory of Ideology
Slavoj Žižek

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