(1) Fanon, Lacan, and the Decolonial: Derek interview Daniel Gaztambide: Technique via Fanon & Lacan

Daniel describes how Fanon’s work is located on a Möbius strip linking his conceptualizations to those of Freud, Ferenczi and Lacan. We discuss the role of speech, the trans-subjective dimension of language, the critique of relational logic, and Daniel’s thoughts on “transference work as a decolonial act”. Daniel highlights the role of the analyst as offering themselves as an object of interpretation and discusses the ethics of refusing the terms of the analysand’s (socio-political) transference.

[@garretbarnwell8099]

Great interview

[@user-si1rw5db5q]

Thanks Derek. Can't wait to watch this!

[@joshuacohen5245]

This is really fantastic.

[@alexanderberyozkin]

It is an interesting discussion that reminds me of Jean Laplanche’s critic writing about some of Freud’s ideas. Does it reflect some postmodern attitudes towards the deconstruction of our fascination with meta-narratives and authorities in classical psychoanalysis? Is it our desire to re-configure our identity and society in different ways?

[@lacanian_lifter]

Is there anything in psychoanalysis that could be read as a tacit endorsement of colonialism? Genuine question. Edit: question was perhaps answered at about the half-way point of the video.