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Early Access: Psychoanalytic Theory: WTF? (Patreon)

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2020-04-16 17:47:16
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Hello all!

Psychoanalytic theory is a topic that I've had a lot of requests to cover over the past year or so and here it is!

I was hoping to be able to dig into some Lacan as well as Freud but, given the video was already more than half-an-hour long, I decided I'd save post-Freud psychoanalytic developments for a future video.

It'll be out for everyone else tomorrow but, until then, it's all yours.

Let me know what you think and thanks as ever for your generous support!

Tom

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Joker (2019) and Psychoanalysis | What the Theory?

The first 1000 people to use this link will get a 2 month free trial of Skillshare Premium Membership: [LINK] Todd Phillips' Joker (2019) is not a high-minded conflict between good and evil like many other comic book to film adaptations but a psychological drama focusing on a marginalised working-class man suffering from mental ill health. This makes it a useful object of study for exploring a school of psychiatric thought known as psychoanalytic theory or psychoanalysis. Developed by the Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysis argues that the human mind contains within it three opposing forces, the superego, the ego and the id. Through the interpretation of dreams, Freud believed that we could access repressed thoughts, feelings and traumas which we like to think we have purged ourselves of but which, in fact, remain in our unconscious mind. In today's episode of What the Theory?, I use Joker (which stars Joaquin Pheonix and Robert De Niro) in order to introduce some of the key concepts of psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis. As well as Freud, I also take a brief look at the work of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek (although I hope to cover these more extensively in a future episode of What the Theory?). We'll be taking a look at Freud's "topographical" model of the mind (consisting of the preconscious, conscious and unconscious mind) as well as his model of personality (consisting of the superego, ego and id) as well as the Oedipus Complex. Support the channel on Patreon at http://patreon.com/tomnicholas If you've enjoyed this video and would like to see more including my What The Theory? series in which I provide some snappy introductions to key theories in the humanities as well as video essays and more then do consider subscribing. Thanks for watching! Twitter: @Tom_Nicholas Instagram: @TomNicholasWTF Patreon: http://patreon.com/tomnicholas Website: http://www.tomnicholas.com Stock footage provided by Videvo, downloaded from https://www.videvo.net Additional stock footage provided by Videezy, downloaded from http://www.videezy.com

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Linnea

I have a lot of beef with Freud but the story of the burning child from the interpretation of dreams is still so touching, and Cathy Caruths discussion of it in Unclaimed Experience is beautiful (if you're into trauma theory I strongly recommend) 💗

Linnea

When you do the Lacan video will you talk about Deleuze too maybe? 👀

Tom Nicholas
>>35357188

Yeah, I'm not a massive fan of Freud and went into making this video fairly sceptical. I would say I've come out the other end appreciative of psychoanalysis if not massively enthusiastic about it. some of the writing in this area is gorgeous as you say!

Tom Nicholas
>>35357984

If I make a follow-up (which I'd like to but I want to see whether there's the demand for it first), I'm no certain whether I'll do both in one video or separate them out. I need to do a fair bit more reading and try and work out what approach I'm going to take first!