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The Regression in Psychoanalysis’s “Social Turn”

The Regression in Psychoanalysis’s “Social Turn”

Recent developments in psychoanalysis have sent analysts searching for solutions to issues far upstream of the clinical encounter. This “social turn” in the field has led them no closer to solving social problems and further from working through the primary problems of the field itself.
Ricky Levitt, Christie Offenbacher Nov 10, 2025
What is the Pre-Political?

What is the Pre-Political?

For decades, it has been fashionable to blur the line between what is political and what is not. This hasn’t been a good thing for either side.
Benjamin Y. Fong Oct 14, 2025
Fool Me Twice

Fool Me Twice

The shamed retreat into themselves, but the guilty can take responsibility for their actions. A Review of Frédéric Gros’s A Philosophy of Shame.
Taylor Hines Jun 2, 2025
Daydreaming at the Sex Conference

Daydreaming at the Sex Conference

The psychoanalysts are still thinking about sex, but somehow the thing itself has gone missing.
Christian Prince Nov 6, 2024
Inside the Mind of the Professional Managerial Class, Part Six:  Performing Feelings

Inside the Mind of the Professional Managerial Class, Part Six: Performing Feelings

For whom are fleeting emotional outbursts unleashed?
Lizzie Warren Jan 11, 2023
The Psychiatric Manufacturing of Identity

The Psychiatric Manufacturing of Identity

On the political circumstances behind rigid, brittle identity constructions.
Sebastian Thrul Oct 5, 2022
What We Overlook In The Shining

What We Overlook In The Shining

There is a way out of the obsessive and paranoid world of interpretations of Stanley Kubrick’s classic film. All you have to do to find it is become an adult.
Cale Brooks Nov 19, 2021

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