Freud
What Lies Beneath
In the Jaws of the Death Drive
Freud, Wish Fulfillment, and the Gospel
On The Future of an Illusion and the Shame of the Cross
Preoccupations: Painting Ponds or Hiding Sea Monsters?
In The Crown’s retelling of British history, we find Winston Churchill having his portrait painted […]
Kicking the Dog: The Not-So-Subtle Art of Displacement
This begins a short mini-series on the wide world of defense mechanisms—how you and I […]
Another Week Ends: The End of the World, the Illusion of Sigmund Freud, the Anthropology of Jerry Lewis, Clean Eating, Tech Panic, and the Hangovers of Young Behavior …
1. This morning, I found myself engrossed in The Guardian’s latest “long read,” an essay by Dina […]
“Dr. Sigmund Freud Discovers the Sea Shell” by Archibald MacLeish
When he moved to Paris in the 1920s, Archibald MacLeish (1892 – 1982) ran with […]
All Aboard the Murder Train: Sigmund Freud Visits The Cabin in the Woods
Another wonderful one from new contributor Charlotte Getz: If you haven’t seen Joss Whedon’s Cabin […]
Another Week Ends: Louis CK, Sam Spade, Prevailing Grace, Heavy Metal, Axl Rose, Viennese Creativity, Cabin in the Woods, and yes, more Damsels in Distress
1. “The Filthy Moralist: How Louis C.K. Became America’s Unlikely Conscience” in The Atlantic is […]








