#35 On Neutrality & External Discourses

Dear Listeners, In this episode your hosts question how psychoanalysis interacts with societies, and how psychoanalysis can help us get a better sense of some unspoken nuances in the social discourse. Thank you for listening. Share with us your comments or questions directly at [email protected] or on twitter twitter.com/DiscusOnPsycha Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/249668092601494/ SoundCloud @user-296153775 iTunes podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/disc…is/id1454139315 [0:22] Intro [03:36] Hetero-normative [08:45] Psychoanalytic terms "normalized" in society [12:19] What does gay/straight mean? [20:11] The struggle with identity politics [22:01] Is castration inherent to psychoanalysis? [25:09] Distinction between differences and values [28:46] From the patient to the social [32:10] Question of what and how [37:30] What and when we don't question as analysts [39:36] Ending