The Freudian Spaceship - #6 Dreamspace: opening the future
In this final lecture session from the seminar series we begin to explore ways of escaping from the problems of our contemporary situation - in particular the image of the world that we are trapped within.
We begin to explore the role of dreamspace as part of the project of opening the future to a new earth.
Mugwort for dreams.
The Freudian Spaceship - #5 The Threefold
Episode 5 - we begin to develop some of our ideas as they arise from within the context of the concepts and problems we are thinking with.
The concept of the threefold is perhaps one of the most central elements. We try to think in terms of three relationships - one-to-one, group and community - and conceive these are deeply intertwined (three folds, folding into each other, threefold over). This echoes but also adjusts the kind of three folds that one might find in Lacan's symbolic/imaginary/real structure or the three syntheses within schizoanalysis (Anti Oedipus).
The Freudian Spaceship - #4 Our Teachers, Part 3 - Deleuze & Guattari
This is the fourth session of the 2021 seminar on The Freudian Spaceship project. In this, the last of three sessions that look at our teachers in the project, we look at the ideas of Deleuze and Guattari and the role they play in our work.
These sessions were livestreamed on Twitch.
The Freudian Spaceship - an introduction, of sorts
Perhaps you've seen the curious tool NotebookLM. If you have you will know that it's a Google inspired AI that let's you question specific files that you upload. So we uploaded all the material that was currently on our research page and then used it's 'deep dive' feature, which generates anAI voiced podcast from that material. It's an amusing - and insightful - foray into the kinds of conversations beyond the human that fascinate and motivate much of our thinking.
The Freudian Spaceship - #3 Our Teachers, Part 2 - Freud
This is the third session of the 2021 seminar on The Freudian Spaceship project. In this, the first of three sessions that look at our teachers in the project, we look at the ideas of Sigmund Freud and the role it plays in our work.
These sessions were livestreamed on Twitch.
The Freudian Spaceship - #2 Our Teachers, Part 1 - Fanon
This is the second session of the 2021 seminar on The Freudian Spaceship project. In this, the first of three sessions that look at our teachers in the project, we look at the work of Frantz Fanon and the role it plays in our work.
These sessions were livestreamed on Twitch.
The Freudian Spaceship - #1 Thinking the Earth as a Freudian Spaceship
This is the first session from my recent seminar course. The seminar explored the ongoing project I’m working on with Dr Eric Harper called ‘The Freudian Spaceship’, an attempt to develop a Fanonian Schizoanalysis.
The videos from the series, held during my Monday night philosophy session on Twitch, are uploaded to my YouTube channel and Facebook page. The notes accompanying those video sessions are available over here on my blog. As part of the course, participants were reading through a text called ‘Breath’ that is part of the project. There are a few printed versions available, as well as a PDF, get in contact with me if you would like a copy.
These session were livestreamed on Twitch.
Readings #2 - A Disquieting Suggestion
This reading is Chapter 1 of Alasdair MacIntyre's book After Virtue. This was read as part of a discussion group session where we all brought along texts that had an importance for us in our lives, whether they be philosophical or otherwise.
I do philosophy in public on Monday evenings on Twitch. Drop by and say hi, feel free to get involved in conversations and study.