Lectures on Lacan Podcast

Here’s the second episode in our new podcast series on THE DRIVE. Stay tuned for Episode 3 next week! And click HERE if you’d prefer to access these materials via YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

Our lecture series on Seminar XI ended on the topic of THE DRIVE — and with so much still to discuss that I went on to deliver two additional lectures on the topic. The video recordings of these lectures on THE DRIVE are available on YouTube, but I know many of y’all prefer to tune in via audio, so here’s the first installment in a four-part podcast series derived from these lectures, along with the first diagram we worked through in the original sessions. Stay tuned for Episode 2 next week! And click HERE if you’d prefer to access these materials via YouTube. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

Here’s the final episode in our podcast series on Seminar XI, along with two of the diagrams we discussed in the original session — the second of which, I believe, is crucial for understanding how Lacan concludes this pivotal seminar.If you’d like to access the complete series on Seminar XI, including 8+ hours of video-recorded lectures and a dozen new and expanded diagrams, you can do so HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

The podcast explores Lacanian psychoanalysis and delves into human existence and the shift from symbolic to real. It discusses Lacan's theory on human sexuality, the concept of the lamella, and the relationship between drives, sexuality, and libido. The role of the primary caregiver in interpreting a child's needs and shaping desires is explored. The concept of the lost object and its relation to desire is discussed, along with the structures and voicing of the drive.

This podcast episode explores Lacan's concept of the unconscious, prohibition in child development, temporal pulsations and repression, death in spiritual practices, extreme adventure in late capitalism, the study of non-being in Lacanian psychoanalysis, and the role of language in shaping our identity.

Exploring Lacan's concept of the split subject and repression. Linking past trauma to present reactions. Understanding trauma, repression, and the return of the repressed. Using Fort Daugame to understand repetition. Exploring the subject's split and the privileged object. Exploring the concept of the gaze and its relationship to the eye. Discussing symbolic objects, death, and love.

This podcast delves into Lacan's Seminar XI, exploring psychoanalysis as a science, the minimum irreducible distance in human desire, split subjectivity and the know of the father in psychosis, oral and anal drives in potty training and language acquisition, and the components of the split subject.

Exploring the negative fee and the role of castration in the ego, discussing the case of the pervert and the concepts of repression and negation. Delving into the notion of the real in Lacanian theory and the myth of Eredician and Orpheus as a metaphor for loss. Exploring the concept of repression and the rediscovery of the unconscious and its connection to primal scenes.

Our recent podcast series on Anxiety (Seminar X) is now complete, so it only makes sense to continue with the next seminar in Lacan’s trajectory: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis (Seminar XI). Here’s the first of seven episodes in our new podcast series on Seminar XI, and below is some of the diagram work we did in the original session. If you’d like to access the complete series on Seminar XI, including 8+ hours of video-recorded lectures and a dozen new and expanded diagrams, you can do so HERE. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lecturesonlacan.substack.com

The podcast discusses Lacanian psychoanalysis and its concepts such as castration, desire, and anxiety. They explore the manifestations of the drive and its connection to bodily openings. Lacan's map is analyzed, along with the uterine experience and the significance of the first breath. The connection between the anal and scopic drives is explored, as well as the role of the specular image in desire and anxiety. The podcast also delves into self-acceptance and the end of analysis.