Category: Humanities
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Beyond Oedipus: Law, Desire, and the Symbolic Order
Jacques Lacan’s “return to Freud” wasn’t mere reverence but radical reinterpretation. He transformed our understanding of the Oedipus complex and the human psyche through reconstructing Freudian concepts. This essay explores how Lacan’s reading opened new theoretical possibilities for psychoanalytic thinking, suggesting that our previous understanding of mythology was just the surface of a deeper structural topology.
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California, Dreaming?
At the edge of a strip mall, where the Pacific Ocean’s vastness begins, a stark truth emerges. Surfers appear like fleeting thoughts, birds embody ancient hunger, and the ceaseless waves reveal the illusion of progress. This evocative poem by Cornelius Climatus is a meditation on emptiness, acceptance, and the profound truth hidden in plain sight, questioning our restless pursuit of…
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Shared Humanity in a Divided World?
Tribalisms create group cohesion and bonding, but it also leads to division and conflict. Our task today is to articulate the basis for a shared and universal humanity. How does the concept of solidarity exist in the psyche? We need to move towards a more flexible, holistic understanding of identity, towards greater compassion and unity.