RU391: DEREK HOOK & JASON CHILDS ON AN INTRODUCTION TO FREUDIAN-LACANIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS

RU391: DEREK HOOK & JASON CHILDS ON AN INTRODUCTION TO FREUDIAN-LACANIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS: https://renderingunconscious.substack.com/p/ru391-derek-hook-and-jason-childs
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Rendering Unconscious welcomes Drs. Derek Hook and Jason Childs to the podcast! They’re here to talk about their upcoming course An Introduction to Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysis, which begins Saturday, May 2nd! https://www.jasonchildsphd.com/intro-hook-childs
Rendering Unconscious episode 391.
On this episode, Jason and Derek discuss their upcoming 10-week course on Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysis, starting May 2, which will cover key concepts such as the Freudian unconscious, the Freudian clinic, drives, the death drive, Lacan’s return to Freud, the symbolic, imaginary, and real, desire, jouissance, analytic ethics, diagnosis and technique. The course aims to provide a foundational understanding of Lacanian theory, emphasizing its clinical and theoretical implications. Derek and Jason also highlight the importance of understanding Lacanian social theory and its relevance to contemporary issues like racism. 
RU Center News & Events:
Saturday, April 18th, join me for the next installment of An Introduction to Psychoanalysis. In this class, we will be discussing the period following World War I, including Freud’s free clinics, specifically the establishment of the Berlin Psychoanalytic Polyclinic by Max Eitingon, Karl Abraham and Ernst Simmel. We’ll also look at the Secret Committee formed at the suggestion of Ernst Jones, and review the work of early woman psychoanalyst Lou Andreas-Salomé. Finally we will take a look at a Freud’s texts, “The Uncanny” (1919), “A Child is Being Beaten” (1919), and Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920), and review the cases of the Wolf Man and The Young Homosexual Woman. https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com
Friday, May 1st: LIVE RU Podcast event with Lara Sheehi on May Day for her new book From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures (Pluto Press, 2026). https://rucenterforpsychoanalysis.substack.com/p/live-ru-podcast-event-with-lara-sheehi
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