Category: What Is Sex?

YouTube: From Adam's Navel to Dream's Navel Welcome to Lecture 18 of Alenka Zupančič’s What Is Sex?.  In this lecture we will be focused on the Conclusion of the book which is titled “From Adam’s Navel to Dream’s Navel”. Alenka Zupančič wants to leave us with the three main theses of this book.  The first … Continue reading FROM ADAM’S NAVEL TO DREAM’S NAVEL. COnCLUSION. →

YouTube: Being, Event & Its Consequences. Welcome to Lecture 17 of Alenka Zupancic’s What Is Sex? focused on Part 6 of Chapter 4 — Object-Disoriented Ontology with the sub-chapter heading here as Being, Event, and Its Consequences: Lacan and Badiou.   Zupančič opens the sub-section by introducing us to a definition of Lacanian Politics.  For … Continue reading BEING, EVENT & ITS CONSEQUENCES. CHAPTER 4 – ObJECT-DISORIENTED ONTOLOGY (PART 6) →

YouTube: DEATH DRIVE II: LACAN AND DELEUZE Welcome to Lecture 16 of Alenka Zupančič's What Is Sex? This lecture corresponds to Part 5 of Chapter 4 — Object-Disoriented Ontology, under the section title “Death Drive II: Lacan and Deleuze”.  For the necessary precursor to this lecture, Death Drive I, see Lecture 14 in this series.  … Continue reading DEATH DRIVE II: LACAN AND DELEUZE. CHAPTER 4 – OBJECT-DISORIENTED ONTOLOGY (PART 5) →

YouTube: TRAUMA OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE Welcome to lecture 15 of Alenka Zupančič's What Is Sex? In this lecture we are covering Part 4 of Chapter 4 - Object-Disoriented Ontology. You can find this part under the subheading "Trauma Outside Experience". Zupančič starts this section by re-introducing us to one of the core aspects of Freud's thesis … Continue reading TRAUMA OUTSIDE EXPERIENCE. CHAPTER 4 -OBJECT-DISORIENTED ONTOLOGY (PART 4) →

YouTube: DEATH DRIVE I: FREUD Welcome to Lecture 14 of Alenka Zupancic's What Is Sex? This lecture will focus on Part 3 of Chapter 4 - Object-Disoriented Ontology. The subsection for this chapter is titled "Death Drive I: Freud". In this subsection we will cover four major topics: Death drive as theoretical construction siteFreud's logic … Continue reading DEATH DRIVE I: FREUD. Chapter 4 – Object-Disoriented Ontology (Part 3) →

YouTube: HUMAN, ANIMAL In this lecture we cover part 2 of Chapter 4 - Object-Disoriented Ontology, located in the subsection "Human, Animal". In this subsection we cover the four following themes: Human as evolutionary and spiritual differenceInterpretation of this difference in religious and secular contextsPsychoanalytic concept of the drive as jouissanceOntological consequences of the drive … Continue reading HUMAN, ANIMAL. Chapter 4 – Object-Disoriented Ontology (Part 2) →