UNLOCKED: 133: Laplanche Part Two: The Primal Situation feat. Danielle Drori

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The episode features a discussion with Danielle Drori on Jean Laplanche's contributions to psychoanalysis, focusing on a key chapter from New Foundations for Psychoanalysis.

Unlocked Patreon episode. Support Ordinary Unhappiness on Patreon to get access to all the exclusive episodes. patreon.com/OrdinaryUnhappiness Abby and Patrick welcome Danielle Drori of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research for the second installment of a two-part series on the thought of French psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche. Together, the three discuss a pivotal chapter in New Foundations for Psychoanalysis, unpacking Laplanche’s “universalized” transformation of Freud’s seduction hypoth...

People in this episode

Hosts: Abby, Patrick

Guest: Danielle Drori

Topics covered

• psychoanalysis
• Laplanche
• Freud
• social research
• psychology
• philosophy

Keywords

• Laplanche
• Freud
• psychoanalysis
• social research
• psychology
• philosophy
• seduction hypothesis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Brooklyn Institute for Social Research

Books & works: New Foundations for Psychoanalysis

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