Are There Better and Worse Ways of Coping With This?

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Lacanian analysis was to allow the patient tod come to terms with the idea that they will never feel whole, and also to question everything. He was not trying to normalize anyway, n anyone. So what is that judgment? What is that hierarchy that we're putting it on? I mean, what what is the good verses bad way of addressing our lax the cases are not going to open a total can o worm.

Neuroscience has given us great insights into how our brains work. But there is still room for purely humanistic disciplines to help us think through our thoughts and emotions, not to mention the meaning of our lives. Mari Ruti is a professor of English literature, with expertise in critical theory, gender studies, and psychoanalysis, especially the work of French theorist Jacques Lacan. We talk about the psychological drive that is motivated by what Lacan calls “lack,” which is related to “desire.” We use this as a way to think about such essential human experiences as mourning, creativity, and love. (We don’t talk about love enough here on the podcast.)

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Mari Ruti received her Ph.D. in comparative literature from Harvard University. She is currently a Distinguished Professor of critical theory and gender and sexuality studies at the University of Toronto. She is the co-editor of the Psychoanalytic Horizons book series for Bloomsbury.

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