InForm: Why Do People Enjoy Hating Freud So Much?

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INTRO:
In this episode of the InForm Podcast, Neil & Jared explore why people enjoy hating Freud so much. Our arguments are that the education system does a horrible job of presenting Freud's work, an abundance of myths about Freud, Anti-Semitism, and the friend/enemy distinction. We sort of wandering all over the place talking about a few reasons we believe people dislike Freud so much, but we still have a lot more that we want to say. Ergo, this episode is the first in a series, which we needed to cut short when a child interrupted the recording.

The Psychoanalysis of Everyday Life:

• Surplus Jouissance of getting good grades in grad school. We reference...
  • InForm 045 with Todd McGowan
  • Seminar 16 on Lacan in Irland
  • Surplus Jouissance
  • Six Paradigm of Jouissance (Summary)

Why Do People Enjoy Hating On Freud:

• Lack of any real knowledge, and an abundance of myths.
• Bad exposure in the education system.
• Being actually unsettled by what Freud says (Oedipal complex, unconscious, sexuality etc.
• The friend/enemy distinction.
  • Carl Schmitt - The Friend/Enemy Distinction.
  • Giorgio Agamben & Homo Sacer.
  • The Episode of The Daily where they talk about China as the enemy

Various Sundry Things:

• Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli.
• The Lacanian Review #7