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Jerome C. Wakefield is a professor at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. He also has appointments at NYU's School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, School of Global Public Health, Center for Bioethics, and Center for Ancient Studies. His research interests address the history and philosophy of psychiatry, the philosophy of psychoanalysis, philosophy of mind, the conceptual foundations of social work, and integrative theories in psychotherapy.
Works mentioned in the video:
- Freud's argument for the Oedipus complex: A philosophy of science analysis of the case of Little Hans by J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2022)
- Attachment, sexuality, power: Oedipal theory as regulator of family affection in Freud’s case of Little Hans J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2022)
- Foucault versus Freud: Oedipal theory and the deployment of sexuality J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2024)
- Freud and Philosophy of Mind J. C. Wakefield (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
Excerpts from this interview are featured in "On Foucault: Interview Highlights" - youtu.be/Wpc7oVGiRlE
Learn more about Prof. Wakefield:
- NYU webpage: https://socialwork.nyu.edu/faculty-and-research/our-faculty/jerome-c-wakefield.html
- Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=NkiWM10AAAAJ&hl=en
- Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/jeromewakefield
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Jerome C. Wakefield is a professor at New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. He also has appointments at NYU's School of Medicine, Department of Philosophy, School of Global Public Health, Center for Bioethics, and Center for Ancient Studies. His research interests address the history and philosophy of psychiatry, the philosophy of psychoanalysis, philosophy of mind, the conceptual foundations of social work, and integrative theories in psychotherapy.
Works mentioned in the video:
- Freud's argument for the Oedipus complex: A philosophy of science analysis of the case of Little Hans by J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2022)
- Attachment, sexuality, power: Oedipal theory as regulator of family affection in Freud’s case of Little Hans J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2022)
- Foucault versus Freud: Oedipal theory and the deployment of sexuality J. C. Wakefield (Routledge, 2024)
- Freud and Philosophy of Mind J. C. Wakefield (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
Excerpts from this interview are featured in "On Foucault: Interview Highlights" - youtu.be/Wpc7oVGiRlE
Learn more about Prof. Wakefield:
- NYU webpage: https://socialwork.nyu.edu/faculty-and-research/our-faculty/jerome-c-wakefield.html
- Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=NkiWM10AAAAJ&hl=en
- Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/jeromewakefield
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Access more videos: patreon.com/dgozli
Join my reading group: dgozli.com/reading-group-schedule
#Freud #Foucault #Psychoanalysis



![The Embodied Philosopher: Interview with Konrad Werner
Dr. Konrad Werner teaches at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, Poland, where he has been since December 2016. He began his academic career at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, earning his MA in 2008 and completing his PhD in 2013 under the supervision of Jerzy Perzanowski and Jozef Bremer, later achieving habilitation in philosophy at the University of Warsaw in 2023. His research spans several areas including the philosophy of perception, philosophy of mind, specifically enactivism and embodied cognition, theory of institutions, applied ontology, and meta-philosophy. Dr. Werner has held various visiting appointments at the University of Pittsburgh, University of Groningen, Columbia University, and Indiana University Bloomington. His contributions include The Embodied Philosopher (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Content:
00:00 - Preview
00:36 - Introduction
02:06 - Dr. Werners Educational Background
11:20 - Responses to Philosophical Contribution & Problematizing
17:01 - Cognitive Niche & Its Disruption
27:19 - Reading Philosophically & The Idea of the Canon
40:46 - Locating a thinker or a book
48:49 - Enactment & Ontology (Commentary on Meyer & Brancazio [2023])
1:07:47 - The Footprint of Mind & Locative Ontology
1:14:45 - Current Project
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