Category: What Is Sex?

YouTube: REALISM IN PSYCHOANALYSIS.  Object-Disoriented Ontology (Part 1). (Series Playlist). Welcome to Lecture 13 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex?. In this lecture we will be focused on Part 1 of Chapter 4 — Object-Disoriented Ontology.  In this subsection titled “Realism in Psychoanalysis” we will be exploring the concept of reality as it appears in … Continue reading REALISM IN PSYCHOANALYSIS. CHAPTER 4 – OBJECT-DISORIENTED ONTOLOGY (PART 1) →

YouTube: JE TE M’ATHÈME… MOI NON PLUS.  Contradictions That Matter (Part 4).  (Series Playlist) Welcome to Lecture 11 of Alenka Zupančič's What Is Sex? focused on Part 4 of Chapter 3 Contradictions That Matter.  This subsection is titled "Je Te M’athème… Moi Non Plus".  Zupančič starts this subsection by analysing a dialogue between Alain Badiou … Continue reading JE TE M’ATHÈME… MOI NON PLUS. CHAPTER 3 – CONTRADICTIONS THAT MATTER (PART 4) →

YouTube: SEXUAL DIVISION. Contradictions That Matter (Part 3) Welcome to Lecture 10 of Alenka Zupančič's What Is Sex?  In this lecture we will be covering Part 2 of Chapter 3 - Contradictions That Matter.  The title of the subsection is "Sexual Division, A Problem in Ontology".  We will be covering the paradoxes of the being … Continue reading SEXUAL DIVISION, A PROBLEM IN ONTOLOGY. CHAPTER 3 – CONTRADICTIONS THAT MATTER (PART 3) →

YouTube: SEX OR GENDER? (2) Contradictions That Matter (Part 2) Welcome to Lecture 9 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex?. In this lecture we will be focused on Part 2 of Chapter 3 — Contradictions That Matter, but still exploring the first subsection “Sex or Gender?”.  If you are following along with the book you … Continue reading SEX OR GENDER? (2) Chapter 3 – Contradictions That Matter (Part 2) →

YouTube: SEX OR GENDER? (1) Contradictions That Matter (Part 1) Welcome to Lecture 8 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex? In this lecture we will be starting a new chapter, Chapter 3 — Contradictions That Matter. In this lecture we will be focused on the nature of the contemporary conversation about gender and sexuality. The … Continue reading SEX OR GENDER? (1) Chapter 3 – Contradictions That Matter (Part 1) →

YouTube: INVISIBLE HANDJOB. ...And Even Stranger Out There (Part 3) Welcome to Lecture 7 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex? In this lecture we will be concluding Chapter 2 …And Even Stranger Out There which broadly focuses on issues of capitalist dynamics in the context of the non-relation. We start with the extraordinarily witty and … Continue reading INVISIBLE HANDJOB. Chapter 2 – …And Even Stranger Out There (Part 3) →

YouTube video: ANTI-SEXUS.  ...And Even Stranger Out There (Part 2) Welcome to Lecture 6 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex? In this lecture we will be covering Part 2 of Chapter 2 titled “The Anti-Sexus”. In this subsection we will be exploring a particular way in which the modern mind confronts sexuality as a problem … Continue reading ANTI-SEXUS. Chapter 2 – …And Even Stranger Out There (Part 2) →

YouTube video: ...And Even Stranger Out There (Part 1) Welcome to Lecture 5 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex? In this lecture we start a new chapter, Chapter 2: … And Even Stranger Out There. As the title of the chapter suggests we are moving from the inside of sexuality to its outside, and specifically … Continue reading QUANDARY OF THE RELATION. Chapter 2 – …And Even Stranger Out There (Part 1) →

YouTube: It's Getting Strange In Here... (Part 3) Welcome to Lecture 4 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex?  In this lecture we will be completing Chapter 1 — It’s Getting Strange In Here… I hope after the first two lectures of this chapter everyone feels sufficiently strange. In the first subsection we covered the Freudian … Continue reading CHRISTIANITY & POLYMORPHOUS PERVERSITY. CHAPTER 1 – IT’S GETTING STRANGE IN HERE… (PART 3) →

YouTube: It's Getting Strange In Here... (Part 2) Welcome to Lecture 2 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex? In this lecture we will focus on subsection 2 of Chapter 1: It’s Getting Strange In Here. In this subsection we approach the question of adult sexuality and its relation to infantile sexuality, attempting to elucidate the … Continue reading WHERE DO ADULTS COME FROM? Chapter 1 – It’s Getting Strange In Here… (Part 2) →