🛋️ Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Dense, rewarding explorations of Jacques Lacan's rethinking of Freud — the mirror stage, the Real, the Symbolic, and desire as the engine of subjectivity.

Capitalist Realism

by Mark Fisher • 2009

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

4.21

41k+

🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

Capitalist Realism

Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.

by Mark Fisher 2009

4.21

41k+ ratings

🏭 Late Capitalism 📕 Marxist Theory 📜 End Of History 💵 Neoliberal Ideology 🏛️ Kafkaesque Bureaucracy

The Sublime Object of Ideology

by Slavoj Žižek • 1989

We are cynical, not naive. The ideological illusion operates through our actions, not our beliefs.

4.07

6k+

🛠️ Marxist Theory 🎭 Ideology Critique 🛒 Commodity Culture 😏 Cynical Reason 🔄 Hegelian Dialectics

The Sublime Object of Ideology

We are cynical, not naive. The ideological illusion operates through our actions, not our beliefs.

by Slavoj Žižek 1989

4.07

6k+ ratings

🛠️ Marxist Theory 🎭 Ideology Critique 🛒 Commodity Culture 😏 Cynical Reason 🔄 Hegelian Dialectics

Less Than Nothing

by Slavoj Žižek • 2012

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

4.17

650

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science 🕊️ Death Of God Theology 🎓 German Idealism

Less Than Nothing

Reality is a hole in nothingness, propped up by fictions, and Hegel's dialectic is the map.

by Slavoj Žižek 2012

4.17

650 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚛️ Philosophy Of Science 🕊️ Death Of God Theology 🎓 German Idealism

Trouble in Paradise

by Slavoj Žižek • 2014

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

3.73

1k+

🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

Trouble in Paradise

Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.

by Slavoj Žižek 2014

3.73

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 👁️ Cultural Critique 🏴 Anti-Capitalism 🧠 Hegemony And Ideology ⚡ Crisis Theory

Slavoj Zizek

by Tony Myers • 2003

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

3.82

266

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🎭 Ideology Critique 🎬 Cultural Criticism 🏴 Post-Marxism

Slavoj Zizek

Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.

by Tony Myers 2003

3.82

266 ratings

🧠 Continental Philosophy 📖 Critical Theory 🎭 Ideology Critique 🎬 Cultural Criticism 🏴 Post-Marxism

What Is Madness?

by Darian Leader • 2011

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

4.14

531

🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion 🧩 Meaning-Making 🏗️ Reality Construction 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

What Is Madness?

Delusions are self-repair, not error, and madness is a quiet spectrum, not a visible breakdown.

by Darian Leader 2011

4.14

531 ratings

🌪️ Psychosis 💭 Delusion 🧩 Meaning-Making 🏗️ Reality Construction 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms

Écrits

by Jacques Lacan • 1966

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

4.03

3k+

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 💫 Philosophy Of Desire

Écrits

The unconscious speaks in metaphors. The self is a reflection. Desire is always secondhand.

by Jacques Lacan 1966

4.03

3k+ ratings

🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📚 Continental Philosophy 🏗️ Structuralism 🪞 Subject Formation 💫 Philosophy Of Desire

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

by Bruce Fink • 1997

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

4.37

828

🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🔄 Transference

A Clinical Introduction to Lacanian Psychoanalysis

The patient's will doesn't drive therapy; the analyst's desire does.

by Bruce Fink 1997

4.37

828 ratings

🩺 Psychoanalytic Practice 🇫🇷 French Psychoanalysis 🏷️ Psychoanalytic Diagnosis 🛡️ Defense Mechanisms 🔄 Transference

The True Life

by Alain Badiou • 2016

A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.

3.61

555

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚧️ Gender Studies 🎭 Rites Of Passage 🚩 Post-Marxism 👸 Gender Archetypes

The True Life

A philosopher's diagnosis: boys can't become men, girls lose girlhood; the solution is corruption.

by Alain Badiou 2016

3.61

555 ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy ⚧️ Gender Studies 🎭 Rites Of Passage 🚩 Post-Marxism 👸 Gender Archetypes

La felicidad

by Gabriel Rolón • 2023

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

3.94

2k+

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🛒 Consumerism Critique 💔 Desire And Lack

La felicidad

The happiness mandate is backfiring. A psychoanalyst on why sadness is not the enemy.

by Gabriel Rolón 2023

3.94

2k+ ratings

🎭 Critique Of Happiness 🛋️ Psychoanalysis 🏛️ Cultural Critique 🛒 Consumerism Critique 💔 Desire And Lack

Dream Lovers

by Alfie Bown • 2022

Dating apps and VR porn aren't built for your satisfaction. They want you predictable.

3.62

🏭 Platform Capitalism 📡 Media Studies 🎮 Gamification Critique ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Dream Lovers

Dating apps and VR porn aren't built for your satisfaction. They want you predictable.

by Alfie Bown 2022

3.62

42 ratings

🏭 Platform Capitalism 📡 Media Studies 🎮 Gamification Critique ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Only a Joke Can Save Us

by Todd McGowan • 2017

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

4.32

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

Only a Joke Can Save Us

When lack and excess collide, laughter erupts. A philosopher shows why that shock is liberating.

by Todd McGowan 2017

4.32

37 ratings

🎭 Comedy Theory 🛋️ Psychoanalytic Theory 📖 Continental Philosophy 🎬 Film Analysis 🔍 Ideology Critique

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