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Neil Gorman

Neil Gorman

Neil Gorman is an assistant professor at the Aurora University School of Social Work, and a practicing Lacanian analyst, and a maker of podcasts, newsletters, & other sundry things.

📍 Near Chicago http://neilgorman.com

◎ Drafts №12 & Newsletter v.3.15 | The State of Things

Hello, And welcome to what will be the final issue of this season of ◎ Drafts. Since July 5'th, I've mostly sent out a version of drafts or a ⌬ Podcast Lecture Monday through Thursday and a digest sort of Newsletter on Fridays. The open rates on the

◎ Drafts №11 | Hard-Boiled Detectives & Psychoanalysts

◎ Drafts №10 | Theses

Hi, Over the past few weeks that I've been writing ◎ Drafts, I've been thinking more and more about the ways that I can use psychoanalysis and social work that does not suck to engage with, and possibly change, the different ways that ideology (i.e., fundamental

◎ Drafts №9 | When Imagination is Already Formed

Newsletter v.3.14 | Fall is coming!

Hi, Welcome to newsletter, the weekly roundup of things and stuff that I’ve been working on here at [S][J][P]. The fall semester is approaching fast! I’m in major hustle mode trying to get ready, and that leaves me little time to write this, so it will

⌬ Podcast Lecture № 5 | Pleasure & Instinct v. Enjoyment & Drive; The Shift to the Structural & Economic Model

Hi, In this lecture, I talk about Pleasure & Instinct v. Enjoyment & Drive, shifting from the topographical model of the unconscious, pre-conscious, conscious to the structural model of id, ego, and superego. I also do a short bit on the economic model of the mind. Below are the notes

⌬ Podcast Lecture № 4 | Transference

Hey all. Below are the notes for the fourth installment [https://share.transistor.fm/s/e26985ae] of podcast lectures I'm recording for a class I'll be teaching this coming fall. The topic of this podcast lecture is transference. If you listen to the lecture, you will

Maybe we want to edit that...

The Wall Street Journal reports [https://link.axios.com/click/24644466.393234/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud3NqLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy90ZW5jZW50LXBsdW1tZXRzLWFzLWNoaW5hLXRha2VzLWFpbS1hdC1vbmxpbmUtdmlkZW9nYW1lcy0xMTYyNzk2MjAxOD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2FtJnN0cmVhbT10b3A/5f80edf4da94b81728375c46B339b4f87] (subscription needed to read the article) > A state-owned newspaper in China denounced online gaming as "opium for the mind" yesterday, driving d

⌬ Podcast Lecture № 3 | Get Interested in Stuff that Does Not Make Sense & The Drive

Expanded NOT Expedited

The Skimm reports [https://www.theskimm.com/archive/2021-08-03]: > Yesterday, the State Dept said its expanding eligibility for Afghans seeking US refugee status. The new pathway creates an opportunity for thousands of Afghans who worked with the US during its nearly 20-year war in Afghanistan. BUT, (and this is