RU75: Rendering Dr Todd McGowan Unconscious, Universality, Identity Politics, Culture, Film

Professor Todd McGowan teaches theory and film at the University of Vermont. He is the author of Only a Joke Can Save Us: A Theory of Comedy (2017), Capitalism and Desire: The Psychic Cost of Free Markets (2016), Contemporary Film Directors: Spike Lee (2014), The Fictional Christopher Nolan (2013), Enjoying What We Don’t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis (2013), The Real Gaze: Film Theory After Lacan (2007), The Impossible David Lynch (2007) and Emancipation after Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution (2019). His latest book Universality and Identity Politics is forthcoming from Columbia University Press, July 2020: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/universality-and-identity-politics/9780231197700 Dr. McGowan contributed a chapter "The sex in their violence: eroticizing biopower" to the anthology On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018) edited by Vanessa Sinclair and Manya Steinkoler: https://www.routledge.com/On-Psychoanalysis-and-Violence-Contemporary-Lacanian-Perspectives/Sinclair-Steinkoler/p/book/9781138346338 For more from Dr. Todd McGowan, please visit: https://vermont.academia.edu/ToddMcGowan Link to Steven Reisner's talk "Crazy Like a Fox" at The New School: http://dasunbehagen.org/steven-reisner-crazy-like-a-fox-evil-is-not-a-psychiatric-illness/ The art of Katelan Foisy: https://www.katelanfoisy.com Our work together: https://chaosofthethirdmind.com Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by psychoanalyst Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, who interviews psychoanalysts, psychologists, scholars, creative arts therapists, writers, poets, philosophers, artists and other creatives & intellectuals about their process, world events, the current state of mental health care, politics, culture, the arts & more. http://www.renderingunconscious.org You can support the podcast at: www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Rendering Unconscious Podcast can be found at: Spotify, iTunes, YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud & http://www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ Please visit www.drvanessasinclair.net/podcast/ for links to all of these sites. Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry (2019) is available from Trapart Books: https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 The track at the end of the episode is "Consuming Six" from the album "Sound 23" by Vanessa Sinclair + Douglas Lucas. Deluxe and standard edition CDs available from Highbrow Lowlife and Trapart Editions: https://store.trapart.net/details/00101 Photo of Dr. Todd McGowan

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Rendering Unconscious Podcast & Trapartisan Radio Support our work at Patreon, where we post exclusive content every week: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is HUGELY appreciated! Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally. Dr. Sinclair interviews fellow psychoanalysts, psychologists, creative arts therapists, writers, artists, scholars, poets, philosophers and other intellectuals about their process, society, politics, books, culture and the state of mental health care. Some episodes are lectures from various conferences and events: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net http://www.renderingunconscious.org Trapartisan Radio is hosted by Swedish author, publisher & filmmaker Carl Abrahamsson. His books include Chimera Obscura (2023), Codex Nordica (2022), Different People (2021), The Devil’s Footprint (2020), Mother, Have a Safe Trip (2016), and The Fenris Wolf series (1989-present). His films include My Silent Lips (2019), Lunacy (2017), Sub Umbra Alarum Luna (2016), and the An Art Apart series. His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films, and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net https://www.carlabrahamsson.com The book Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics & Poetry vols 1&2 (2024) is now available from Trapart Books: https://amzn.to/3JhntZz Highbrow Lowlife is an independent Swedish music label owned by Carl Abrahamsson. You’ll find music by White Stains, Carl Abrahamsson, Vanessa Sinclair, Cotton Ferox, Sinnelag, Understen, Deform Project, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge and others: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Vanessa Sinclair also collaborates often with sonic mastermind Pete Murphy: https://petemurphy.bandcamp.com In addition to Rendering Unconscious Podcast & Trapartisan Radio, you will also find 23rd Mind TV, Radio Mega Golem, live concerts and spoken word performances here. http://www.highbrow-lowlife.com 23rd Mind TV is an online show hosted by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson, wherein we discuss our creative process, what we’re working on now, and highlight amazing things our friends and creative loved ones are doing as well. This show began because of the ongoing support of our Patreon community, and for that we are forever grateful. Join us to become part of our vibrant community: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Radio Mega Golem: a transmission for and from the Mega Golem – the artwork created by Carl Abrahamsson in 2009, and which has since been added to by a number of other artists. You can learn more about the Mega Golem in the book The Mega Golem: A Womanuel for All Times and Spaces: https://amzn.to/3JiJpnd Together, Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson host the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series of events. http://psychartcult.org