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RU307: WALTER DAVIS & TODD MCGOWAN ON THE LAST CATHOLIC http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/ru307-walter-davis-todd-mcgowan-on-the-last-catholic/ Rendering Unconscious episode 307. Professor Emeritus Walter A. Davis, Ohio State University, is an actor and playwright, as well as psychoanalyst and theoretician. His many books include Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre (2007) and Inwardness and Existence: Subjectivity in/and Hegel, Heidegger, Marx, and Freud (1989). His newest book is The Last Catholic: A Novel (2024). https://amzn.to/4cS2Dxc Dr. Davis contributed a chapter on the film Persona to the collection Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Films of Ingmar Bergman: From Freud to Lacan and Beyond (2023) edited by Vanessa Sinclair. https://amzn.to/4f7sgeO Professor Todd McGowan teaches theory and film at the University of Vermont. He is the author of many books, including Emancipation after Hegel: Achieving a Contradictory Revolution (2019) and The Impossible David Lynch (2007). His most recent book is Embracing Alienation: Why We Shouldn’t Try to Find Ourselves (2024). https://amzn.to/3zMztkf Watch this episode at YouTube: https://youtu.be/hHsYabmTDV0?si=0fOHrdgyTYFZeu2X Rendering Unconscious Podcast received the 2023 Gradiva Award for Digital Media from the National Association for the Advancement for Psychoanalysis (NAAP). https://naap.org/2023-gradiva-award-winners/ Support Rendering Unconscious Podcast: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Substack: https://vanessa23carl.substack.com Make a Donation: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?business=PV3EVEFT95HGU&no_recurring=0¤cy_code=USD Your support of Rendering Unconscious Podcast is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious is a labor of love put together by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair with no support from outside sources. All support comes from the listeners, colleagues, and fans. THANK YOU for your support! Rendering Unconscious is also a book series! The first two volumes are now available: Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives vols. 1 & 2 (Trapart Books, 2024). https://amzn.to/4eKruV5 Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: http://www.drvanessasinclair.net Follow Dr. Vanessa Sinclair on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawsin_/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/rawsin_ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@renderingunconscious Visit the main website for more information and links to everything: http://www.renderingunconscious.org Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast. https://www.carlabrahamsson.com His publishing company is Trapart Books, Films and Editions. https://www.bygge.trapart.net Check out his indie record label Highbrow Lowlife at Bandcamp: https://highbrowlowlife.bandcamp.com Follow Carl at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaAbrahamsson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carl.abrahamsson/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carlabrahamsson YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@carlabrahamsson23 Substack: https://thefenriswolf.substack.com The song at the end of the episode is “Are you doing the work angelic?” by Vanessa Sinclair and Joachim Nordwall from the album “Message 23". Available at Highbrow Lowlife’s Bandcamp Page. https://vanessasinclair.bandcamp.com/album/message-23 Our music is also available at Spotify and other streaming services. https://open.spotify.com/album/1iTGKE13DnsBUNlfx85Xfc?si=RMN1Y9mcSXuAGUnAA9DkCw Image: collage by Vanessa Sinclair