Freud in Focus
The Freud Museum London is launching a brand new podcast called ‘Freud in Focus’ which will look in-depth at some of Freud’s key texts in a discussion format. The series will be presented by Tom DeRose and Jamie Ruers.
In the first five episodes, we will look at one of Freud’s most influential and controversial texts, Beyond the Pleasure Principle which was published in 1920. Starting with close readings of the text itself, we will then go on to think about its relevance for us today in the 21st-century.
The first episode will be aired Wednesday, 17th February 2021 and a new episode will be released every other Wednesday.
Series Producer: Karolina Heller
Episode 2
In the second part of our new podcast series we’ll be diving into the central part of the text, in which Freud discusses the ‘compulsion to repeat’. We’ll also be focussing on the concept of Speculation in Freud’s work, and trace a pathway to the appearance of the new Dual Instinct Theory.
Episode 1
In the first part of our new podcast series, we’ll be exploring the historical context of Freud’s ground-breaking work ‘Beyond the Pleasure Principle’, and discussing some of the prominent themes arising from the first 2 chapters, including Freud’s famous account of the ‘fort-da’ game.
Pilot
Schedule
17 February 2021
What is the Pleasure Principle? Why Beyond?
3 March 2021
Biology, Speculation and the Compulsion to Repeat
17 March 2021
The New Dual Instinct Theory, and the Appearance of the Death Drive
31 March 2021
Freud and Pandemic 1920/2020 Exhibition
14. April 2021
How has Psychoanalysis Responded to the Covid-19 Pandemic?
Comments
Great!
Hi, is there any chance this could go out on Spotify?
We’re working on it! 🙂 Thanks, Monique.
You can find us on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7DTpP5dSW0ecWd4lagUkQl
Great!!!
Wonderful
So excited to listen to it. It will be wonderful.
Spanish?
Hola Dyana. Sorry, no, it will just be in English // Perdón, no – solamente en inglés.
This is brilliant. Looking forward to Wednesdays. Thank you.
so wonderful to listen and find out new info. keep up, I am grateful!
Great, thank you for this. Valuable stuff.
A really well-put together and accessible production.
Many thanks, Jamie and Tom
G
Brilliant! Thank you for the podcast! I feel it is very fitting to be revisiting these seminal texts given our current pandemic! Thank you very much, cannot wait for next episode.
Thank you, Jamie and Tom, I really enjoyed listening to this first installment. Looking forward to future episodes.
The recent interest in the work of Dr. Sabina Spielrein and her appearance as a footnote (p. 55, Standard Edition, etc.) in Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure principle I believe requires clarification. Why did Freud acknowledge her?
Did she not present to the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society as far back as November/1911?
Thank you,
Frank Marchese