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Podcast: New Books in Psychology
Episode: Jamieson Webster, "Disorganisation & Sex" (Divided Publishing, 2022)
Description: The first collection of essays from the author of the Life and Death of Psychoanalysis, Stay, Illusion! with Simon Critchley and Conversion Disorder, Disorganisation & Sex (Divided Publishing, 2022) is as much about our resistance to sexuality as it is about sex itself. Jamieson Webster continues to excite and disturb, turning to Lacan and the autotheoretical in her exploration of the deep roots of our libidinal ties and the ways in which we keep desire at bay in our efforts to lead tidier, more coherent lives.Part theory, part manifesto and part testimony, Webster calls for us as analysts to rein...