Baptism, Satan, and Lacan

About this episode

Dr. Ray talks with Dario Valese about his recent baptism, Satan, and Lacanian psychoanalysis.

Welcome back to the Bottom Turtle Podcast! In this episode, Dr. Ray talks with Dario Valese about his recent baptism, Satan, and Lacanian psychoanalysis. Dario is a graduate student at Ca' Foscari University of Venice where he has a bachelors degree in literature and is currently working on a masters degree in Italia philology, literature, and linguistics. Dario's interests are in Hegelian dialectic as understood through the language of Lacan and applying Lacanian ideas to the st...

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Ray

Guest: Dario Valese

Topics covered

• baptism
• Satan
• Lacanian psychoanalysis
• Hegelian dialectic
• literature
• philology

Keywords

• baptism
• Satan
• Lacan
• Hegelian dialectic
• psychoanalysis
• literature
• philology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ca' Foscari University of Venice

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