This is a series of conversations inspired by January 2025 at The Portal including Barry Taylor, Terence Blake, Sinziana Ravini, Chris Cutrone and many others.
Doctoral candidate David Burke and I discuss his work at the intersection of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and its application to topics related to the history and culture of metal music.
In this discussion with psychoanalyst Duane Rousselle and theologian Mark Gerard Murphy we discuss their co-edited volume “Negativity in Psychoanalysis”.
Nina Power and I discuss her book What Do Men Want? (2023) which focuses on some of the contemporary issues that specifically center around masculinity and male identity.
This is the Libido Livestream, the first in a series of livestreams dedicated to members of The Portal’s live events to reflect on the theme of the month.
In this discussion, Dr. Isabel Millar introduces us to the reasons why she put neuroscience and psychoanalysis into closer conversation, opening up a 'provocation': "the psychoanalysis of artificial intelligence".
In this conversation Dr. Richard Boothby discusses his latest book, Embracing the Void, which forwards the theory that the unknown is central to a psychoanalytic theory of religion.
This is an interview with Dr. Daniel Tutt, to discuss his book The Psychoanalysis of the Family, which puts psychoanalysis in closer contact with political questions of family and community.
This is an interview with academic Dr. Samuel McCormick to discuss approaches to reading Lacan’s Écrits, in preparation for Philosophy Portal’s course on the Écrits.
This is an interview with negative practitioner Dr. Julie Reshe to discuss her book Negative Psychoanalysis for the Living Dead, a work which explores the limits of therapy culture and introduces a psychoanalysis beyond the clinic in negative practice.