RU85: RENDERING S. Alfonso Williams UNCONSCIOUS, THEORY & ANALYSIS, ETHICS, BLACK LIVES MATTER

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: www.facebook.com/s.williams.56 Instagram: www.instagram.com/theoryandanalysis/ Twitter: twitter.com/theoryanalysis This episode also available to view at YouTube: https://youtu.be/FLmX-TWsyLM Mentioned in this episode: S. Alfonso Williams presenting at the Psychology of Global Crises conference: https://youtu.be/XuO3rC2Jw38 Scansion in Psychoanalysis and Art: the Cut in Creation by Vanessa Sinclair forthcoming from Routledge November 2020, available for preorder: https://www.routledge.com/Scansion-in-Psychoanalysis-and-Art-The-Cut-in-Creation/Sinclair/p/book/9780367567262 Mary Bergstein's book Mirrors of Memory: Freud, Photography and the History of Art: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8138222-mirrors-of-memory Mary Wild's Projections series via The Freud Museum, London: https://www.freud.org.uk/whats-on/ Andrew McLuhan and The McLuhan Institute: themcluhaninstitute.com/ https://www.patreon.com/mcluhan Derek Hook on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kyhXvX-T7HY FROM LENINGRAD TO LENINFALL: The Geopolitics of Soviet Monuments 100 Years since the Russian Revolution by Myroslava Hartmond: https://youtu.be/SZThptXIsB8 SAW also recommends Todd McGowan's lectures on Youtube: https://youtu.be/uj-5N_7po70 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 The song at the end of the episode is "Unity via Plurality" from the upcoming album "Switching Mirrors" by Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson. https://youtu.be/hCMlDIxRLn4 Switching Mirrors book of cut-up poetry by Vanessa Sinclair available here: https://store.trapart.net/details/00095 And deluxe edition: https://store.trapart.net/details/00027 Portrait of S. Alfonso Williams https://theoryandanalysis.wordpress.com

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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 (2019) is available from Trapart Books: https://www.bygge.trapart.net/?product=sinclair-vanessa-rendering-unconscious-1-hardback 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://store.trapart.net/details/00117 Together, Vanessa Sinclair and Carl Abrahamsson host the Psychoanalysis, Art & the Occult series of events. http://psychartcult.org