Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Psychoanalysis & Culture

Today's guest is Jill Gentile, PhD, a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist in independent practice in New York. Dr. Gentile is a faculty member at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, and the author of Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire with Michael Macrone (Karnac Books, 2016): http://femininelaw.com Dr. Gentile contributed the article “Hate Speech: The Price of Mutual Survival” to the book Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019), which is adapted from an originally published chapter in Feminine Law (Karnac Books, 2016). You may purchase the Rendering Unconscious book at: https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 Link to Dr. Gentile's Article "Tugging at the Umbilical Cord: Birtherism, Nativism and the Plotline of Trump's Delivery": https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00107530.2017.1373543 Mentioned in this episode: The work of Thomas Ogden: https://www.karnacbooks.com/author.asp?AID=7635 Julia Kristeva: http://www.kristeva.fr Steven Reisner: https://anchor.fm/madnessthepodcast Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more: www.drvanessasinclair.net To support the podcast visit: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more, please visit the following websites: http://femininelaw.com www.drvanessasinclair.net/podcast www.renderingunconscious.org/about www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org The track at the end of the episode is “Shadow play, strategies and ritual” from the upcoming album "The chapel is empty." Words by Vanessa Sinclair. Sounds by Akoustik Timbre Frekuency. From Highbrow Lowlife: www.highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Photo: cover of Feminine Law: Freud, Free Speech, and the Voice of Desire with Michael Macrone (Karnac Books, 2016): http://femininelaw.com Artwork by Thorina Rose: http://www.thorinarose.com

Today's guest on Rendering Unconscious is David J. Gunkel. PhD, an award-winning educator, scholar and author, specializing in ethics of emerging technology. Formally educated in philosophy and media studies, his teaching and research synthesize the hype of high-technology with the rigor and insight of contemporary critical analysis. He is the author of over 80 scholarly journal articles and book chapters, has published 12 influential books, lectured and delivered award-winning papers throughout North and South America and Europe, is the managing editor and co-founder of the International Journal of Žižek Studies and co-editor of the Indiana University Press series in Digital Game Studies. He currently holds the position of Professor in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University (USA), and his teaching has been recognized with numerous awards, including NIU's Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the prestigious Presidential Teaching Professorship. For more, please visit his website: http://gunkelweb.com Also mentioned in this episode are: Mark Amerika: http://markamerika.com Paul D. Miller: http://djspooky.com Eduardo Navas: http://navasse.net Aram Sinnreich: http://sinnreich.com Other RU Podcast guests focused on AI and technology: Damien Patrick Williams RU13: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/ru-damien-patrick-williams Isabel Millar RU21: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/rendering-isabel-millar-unconscious Jacob Johanssen RU23: https://soundcloud.com/highbrowlowlife/rendering-jacob-johanssen-unconscious-on-digital-media-technology-psychoanalysis-society Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more: www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. To support the podcast visit: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more, please visit the following websites: http://gunkelweb.com www.drvanessasinclair.net/podcast www.renderingunconscious.org/about www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org The track at the end of the episode is “The Third Mind” by Katelan Foisy with Vanessa Sinclair from the album Message 23. Released by Highbrow Lowlife: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com/track/the-third-mind-katelan-foisy For more from Katelan Foisy visit: www.katelanfoisy.com And for more of Katelan and Vanessa's work together visit: www.chaosofthethirdmind.com Art by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from their series "Cut to Fit the Mouth". Original artwork available at Trapart Books, Films, Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Portrait of Dr. David Gunkel www.gunkelweb.com

Today's guest is Mary Wild, Freudian Cinephile and host of the Projections series held at the Freud Museum, London, as well as co-host of Projections Podcast with Sarah Cleaver: https://twitter.com/ProjectionsPod Follow her at Twitter: https://twitter.com/psycstar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildest_daydream/ Projections Podcast: https://www.projectionspodcast.com Projections: David Lynch - Cinema's Uncanny Master, January 12, 2020, Freud Museum, London: https://www.freud.org.uk/event/projections-david-lynch-cinemas-uncanny-master/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences: www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo… Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org The song at the end of the episode is "Why is He Looking at Me?" from the My Silent Lips (OST) by Sinnelag to the film by Carl Abrahamsson. The film can be viewed on Vimeo on Demand: vimeo.com/manage/331377783/general The soundtrack can be heard at Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Highbrow-Lowlife and all major streaming platforms: https://carlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/my-silent-lips-ost Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from the series "Mementeros." Watch the film at: vimeo.com/ondemand/mementeros Original artwork available at Trapart Books, Films, Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl

Rendering Unconscious Podcast welcomes Dr. Robert K. Beshara, critical psychologist interested in theorizing subjectivity vis-a-vis ideology through radical qualitative research (ie discourse analysis). In addition to being a scholar-activist, Dr. Beshara is a fine artist with a background in film, theater, and music. He holds two terminal degrees: a PhD in Psychology: Consciousness and Society from the University of West Georgia, and an MFA in Independent Film and Digital Imaging from Governors State University, Illinois. He currently works as an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Northern New Mexico College. For more information please visit www.robertbeshara.com His recent books include: Decolonial Psychoanalysis: Towards Critical Islamophobia Studies: https://www.routledge.com/Decolonial-Psychoanalysis-Towards-Critical-Islamophobia-Studies/Beshara/p/book/9780367174132 A Critical Introduction to Psychology: https://novapublishers.com/shop/a-critical-introduction-to-psychology/ Sign up for the Critical Psychology certificate programme @ GCAS: https://gcas-eschool.ie/certificate-critical-psychology Critical Psychology website (where you can watch video recordings of the 2019 International Critical Psychology Praxis Congress): www.criticalpsychology.org Egyptian philosopher Mourad Wahba's website: https://www.mouradwahba.com/#/ Rent or Buy Robert Beshara's 2nd feature film, Alchemy in Hyde Park: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/alchemyinhydepark Ian Parker will be speaking on his new book Psychoanalysis, Clinic and Context: Subjectivity, History and Autobiography at Edinburgh Napier University on November 20, 2019, via Lacan in Scotland: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psychoanalysis-clinic-and-context-a-book-launch-tickets-74615481915?fbclid=IwAR1TOGXQaT4v3LKbdNH6I3WyKjvagj3eu___4gTY5LNNXRurKBUQChqWwlo For more on Ian Parker's work and Lacanian Discourse Analysis (LDA): https://www.routledge.com/products/search?author=Ian%20Parker Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences: www.drvanessasinclair.net Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo… Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.robertbeshara.com www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org Dr. Beshara and I will both be presenting at the 40th annual APA, Division 39 conference in NYC, March 18-21, 2020: https://www.division39springmeeting.com The song at the end of the episode is "Cognitive Dissonance" from the My Silent Lips (OST) by Sinnelag to the film by Carl Abrahamsson. The film can be viewed on Vimeo on Demand: https://vimeo.com/manage/331377783/general The soundtrack can be heard at Bandcamp, iTunes, Spotify, Highbrow-Lowlife and all major streaming platforms: http://highbrow-lowlife.com/uncategorized/sinnelags-my-silent-lips-is-out-there/ Portrait of Dr. Robert K. Beshara www.robertbeshara.com

S. Alfonso Williams is an Independent Researcher based in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been immersed in the world of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and theory for the past five years following the path of auto-didacticism. Some of his numerous research interests include Polyvalence (the disjunction between Ontology and Epistemology), psychosis, dissociation and disavowal, Everyday Psychopathology and the dimensional limits of "Normalcy," the irreducibility of Heterogeneity and Difference, Identity, the limits of Subjectivity, mass psychology, sexual difference, deadlocks and paradoxes of all sorts, among others. Three key theorists he is heavily invested in right now are Jean Baudrillard, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Lacan. Five of his favorite fiction authors include James Baldwin, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Clarice Lispector, Jose Saramago, and Zadie Smith. Mr. Williams holds a Bachelor's Degree from Case Western Reserve University in Art History and Sociology. He currently works as a Circulation Assistant at the Ingalls Library at the Cleveland Museum of Art. His website is www.theoryandanalysis.wordpress.com. Follow him at: Facebook (all up-to-date LIVE writing occurs here): https://www.facebook.com/s.williams.56 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoryandanalysis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theoryanalysis Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): store.trapart.net/details/00000 Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.theoryandanalysis.wordpress.com www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org In this episode we discuss Mr. Williams' review: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&authuser=1&user=akdxRZ0AAAAJ&fbclid=IwAR2DB6tR6Bva-T8i5pZBPEHld8wbHTLt1quLbvRUKAWjVPI1o9iG7fI57eg#citation_for_view=akdxRZ0AAAAJ%3AmvPsJ3kp5DgC&hl=en&tzom=-60&user=akdxRZ0AAAAJ of Dr. Robert Beshara's book Decolonial Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2019): https://www.routledge.com/Decolonial-Psychoanalysis-Towards-Critical-Islamophobia-Studies-1st-Edition/Beshara/p/book/9780367174132 Mr. Williams is also an active supporter of: Blake's Dungeon Quarterly Magazine: www.blakesdungeon.com Dr. Gregory B. Sadler's Half-Hour Hegel Project: https://www.patreon.com/sadler Andrew McLuhan and The McLuhan Institute: https://themcluhaninstitute.com/ The First International Queer Death Studies conference is mentioned in this episode: https://www.kau.se/en/centre-gender-studies/date/first-international-queer-death-studies-conference-death-matters The song at the end of the episode is "I formulated myself for myself only" from the upcoming album "The chapel is empty." Words by Vanessa Sinclair. Sounds by Akoustik Timbre Frekuency. From Highbrow Lowlife: www.highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Portraits of S. Alfonso Williams www.theoryandanalysis.wordpress.com

Dr Jordan Osserman is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, and a trainee in clinical psychoanalysis with The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is currently working on his book, entitled ‘Circumcision on the Couch’. He’s also beginning work on the team of ‘Waiting Times’, a multi-stranded research project on the temporalities of healthcare. His writing has been published in outlets such as Transgender Studies Quarterly, the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory, and Blunderbuss Magazine, and he is a host on the podcast New Books in Psychoanalysis. Jordan grew up in South Florida. The film American Circumcision is referenced in the discussion: https://circumcisionmovie.com New Books in Psychoanalysis Podcast: https://newbooksnetwork.com/category/science-technology/psychoanalysis/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit the www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 Please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org The song at the end of the episode is “Essentially Malleable” by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, from the album "Cut to Fit the Mouth": https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com/album/cut-to-fit-the-mouth Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson from the series "Mementeros": https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mementeros Original artwork available at Trapart Books, Films, Editions: https://store.trapart.net/item/4 www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl

Today's guest on Rendering Unconscious Podcast is scholar and professor of psychoanalysis and philosophy Alenka Zupančič. Dr. Zupančič has authored many books including the following works in English: Ethics of the Real: Kant and Lacan (London: Verso, 2000): https://amzn.to/3xi14st The Shortest Shadow: Nietzsche's Philosophy of the Two (Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: The MIT Press, 2003): https://amzn.to/4aeNzbn The Fifth Condition, [in:] Think Again. Alain Badiou and the Future of Philosophy (London: Continuum, 2004): https://amzn.to/49dGsip The Odd One In: on Comedy, preface by Slavoj Žižek (Cambridge, Massachusetts; London: The MIT Press, 2007): https://amzn.to/3PMtbXc Why Psychoanalysis: Three Interventions (Aarhus University Press, 2008): https://amzn.to/3TZRFPd What is Sex? (The MIT Press, 2017): https://amzn.to/3J2vvFu Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit the www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019) www.trapart.net Please support the podcast at www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org www.dasunbehagen.org The spoken word at the end of the episode is "Experiments and Subversions" by Vanessa Sinclair. Released on a compilation album curated by Sombre Soniks: https://sombresoniks.bandcamp.com/track/experiments-and-subversions For more, please visit: https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl www.chaosofthethirdmind.com

On this episode of Rendering Unconscious, Swedish author Carl Abrahamsson presents his lecture "Intuition as a State of Grace" on the similarities of the creative process in art and ritual. To listen to his previous talk "Formulating the Desired" on the similarities between ritual magic and psychoanalysis, please visit Rendering Unconscious podcast episode 7. Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo... Please visit the www.renderingunconscious.org/about for links to all of these sites. Please find his books: "Occulture: the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward" (Inner Traditions, 2018): https://www.innertraditions.com/occulture.html "Reasonances" (Scarlet Imprint, 2013): https://scarletimprint.com/carl-abrahamsson/ His ongoing series The Fenris Wolf via Trapart Books: www.trapart.net Please support the podcast at www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl For more information visit: www.carlabrahamsson.com www.trapart.net www.drvanessasinclair.net www.renderingunconscious.org The song at the end of the episode is "Altruistic Selfishness" from the album "O Time Thy Pyramids"by Carl Abrahamsson: https://carlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com Art by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl

Today’s discussion is with Dr. Lara Sheehi, psychoanalytic practitioner-scholar and activist (she/her/hers). "Psychoanalysis reminds us that we must reclaim the disavowed to move to health. In thinking of this, here is my ethically imperative commitment, as a clinician, to a liberatory psychoanalysis and a decolonial praxis--and a challenge/entreaty to all clinicians to take this up in every space, every day" Dr. Sheehi is co-organizing the 40th Annual Spring Meeting of Division 39 - Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology of the American Psychological Association (APA), March 18-21, 2020, New York City: www.division39springmeeting.com Dr. Sheehi presented her work at the conference Psychoanalysis and Politics: Colonial Fantasies, Violent Transmission, Swedish Psychoanalytic Association, Stockholm, May 10-12, 2019: www.psa-pol.org/colonial-fantasies-programme/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Episodes are also created from lectures given at various international conferences. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net If you enjoy what we’re doing, please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ for links to all of these sites. For more, please visit the following websites: www.renderingunconscious.org www.drvanessasinclair.net www.trapart.net www.division39springmeeting.com The track at the end of the episode is "It Started with the Alarm" from the album of the same name. Words by Vanessa Sinclair. Music by Sheer Zed: vanessasinclairsheerzed.bandcamp.com/album/it-started-with-the-alarm Artwork for the Division 39 Spring Meeting: www.division39springmeeting.com

Today’s discussion is with Dr. Derek Hook, Associate Professor of Psychology at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and Professor of Psychology at the University of Pretoria. A former lecturer at the London School of Economics and at Birkbeck College, he is a psychoanalytic practitioner, and the author of Six Moments in Lacan. https://www.duq.edu/academics/faculty/derek-hook Reading Lacan's Ecrits book series edited by Derek Hook, Stijn Vanheule and Calum Neill: https://www.routledge.com/Reading-Lacans-Ecrits-From-Signification-of-the-Phallus-to-Metaphor/Vanheule-Hook-Neill/p/book/9780415708029 And most recently, volume 2: https://www.routledge.com/Reading-Lacans-Ecrits-From-The-Freudian-Thing-to-Remarks-on-Daniel/Hook-Neill-Vanheule/p/book/9780415707985 Upcoming Ecrits conference at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, October 11-13, 2019: https://www.duq.edu/academics/schools/liberal-arts/academics/departments/psychology/events/2019-lacans-écrits-conference Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists & other intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. Rendering Unconscious is also a book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart, 2019): www.trapart.net If you enjoy what we’re doing, please support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud Please visit the About page for links to all of these sites: www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ For more, please visit the following websites: www.renderingunconscious.org www.drvanessasinclair.net www.trapart.net www.dasunbehagen.org The track at the end of the episode is “Dream and Body and Voice” from the album Message 23. Words by Vanessa Sinclair. Sounds by Mikronesia. From Highbrow Lowlife: highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Artwork by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson from the exhibition “Mementeros” currently on view at MOPIA, Zürich, from July 4 – August 28, 2019: www.porninart.com