Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

The podcast explores topics such as the ineffectiveness of governments and politics, the impact of COVID-19 on production dislocation, bailouts and subprime loans, simulacra and media form, the foreclosure of death and the hypercharged system, strikes and the crisis of representation, the power of signs and the capitalist system, lost objects and symbolic exchange, and the metaphysics of code.

Friend of the show, Damian, joined Taylor and I for a look at the first two section of Chapter 2 of Deleuze and Guattari's Anti Oedipus, The Imperialism of Oedipus and Three Texts of Freud. Seminar 1: https://soundcloud.com/podcast-co-coopercherry/anti-oedipus-seminar-1 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Todd McGowan & Ryan Engley of the Why Theory podcast joined us for a discussion of the complicated personal and theoretical relationships between Jacques Lacan and Felix Guattari. There is the backdrop of the broad implications of theories of the unconscious and capitalism. Why Theory Links: https://soundcloud.com/whytheory https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-theory/id1299863834 https://www.amazon.com/Capitalism-Desire-Psychic-Cost-Markets/dp/0231178727 https://www.pomona.edu/directory/people/ryan-engley https://www.uvm.edu/cas/english/profiles/todd-mcgowan Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/muhh Twitter: @unconscioushh

Phoebe Kaufman joins to discuss The Wolf Man's Magic Word. They delve into holes, wounds, and openings. They explore cryptonomy and the interplay between the symbolic and imaginary. They touch on animal behavior, secrecy, recognition, and misrecognition. They also explore rhyme, numerology, and the unsayable. They discuss hidden desires, the symbolism of the nose, listening, and werewolves. They consider implications, reality, fantasy, and encryption. They share final thoughts and a podcast recommendation.

The podcast discusses topics such as libidinal economics, Freud's Wolfman case, incestuousness, bedwetting, animal torture fantasies, anal eroticism, the historical development of crowns, Freud's love for Egyptian symbols, enjoyment, consumption, illness, symbolic and imaginary aspects of wolf and lion culture, money and desire, performing wokeness, complex relationships and traumatic impact, financial implications of health conditions, differences in orgasms, exploring desire, pleasure, and inheritance, ties between feces and money, and the role of the father figure.

This podcast discusses Freud's case history of the Wolf Man, exploring topics such as castration, Oedipus, and libidinal economy. They also touch on childhood memories, screen memories, and the Wolf Man's family background. Other interesting topics include marking territory, respiratory drive, the tragic life of the sister, rejection and symbolic elements, the different approaches of Deleuze and Lacan, and Freud's discontent with linguistics and Adler.

The hosts delve into Freud's case history of the 'rat man', exploring his manipulative behavior and psychoanalytic techniques. They discuss explicit details of molestation, the connection between desire and losing glasses, childhood perspectives on sex, the complex love life of the Rat Man, his obsessions and fixations, transgressions of father's prohibition, and exploring symbolism and hidden meanings

The podcast explores Freud's case of The Rat Man, focusing on topics such as transference, Oedipus complex, and the impact of the father. They discuss the fundamental rules of analysis, the complicated dynamics of love and father-son relationships, and Freud's concept of the unconscious. They also delve into Hamlet's motivation, childhood experiences with corporal punishment, and the symbolic aspects of Freud's case. The hosts reflect on the progress made in the conversation and express their interest in continuing the discussion.

The podcast delves into Freud's theories on instincts, repression, and negation. It explores topics such as ambivalence, love, and hate in transference, active and passive aims, and the challenge of understanding philosophers like Kant, Derrida, and Lacan. The hosts also discuss female sexuality, the interplay between subjective and objective experience, and the influence of Freud and Schopenhauer in philosophy.

Isabel Millar, an expert in psychoanalysis and artificial intelligence, discusses her new book and topics such as Lacan's essays, the intersection of AI and psychoanalysis, the implications of the Turing test on gender, the concept of the Lighthouse as a machine for enjoyment, the topological elements of Lacan and connections to Guattari, and the problems with academic publishing.