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Neil Gorman

Neil Gorman

Near Chicago

Neil Gorman is a practicing Lacanian analyst, member of the Lacanian Compass, the New Lacanian School (NLS), the World Association of Psychoanalysis (WAP), a maker of podcasts, newsletters, & other sundry things.

Moving from posistion of castration

Moving from posistion of castration

From a post by Paul Kingsnorth on his Substack. Christianity turns power on its head. This is not the same as rejecting power. It is, instead, transforming it. God’s power is not human power. Our petty little attempts to impose our will by dominance, force and violence mean nothing

Passion & Analysis

Passion & Analysis

From Inventing the Future, by Nick Srnicek & Alex Williams If politics without passion leads to cold-hearted, bureaucratic technocracy, then passion bereft of analysis risks becoming a libidinally driven surrogate for effective action. Politics comes to be about feelings of personal empowerment, masking an absence of strategic gains.” Yeah.

Start Here

Start Here

Welcome to Speaking Body,the home for the various things I (Neil Gorman) make and share online. You’ll find short blog posts, updated whenever I have the time and inclination to write, along with a (mostly) weekly newsletter that gathers reflections, links, and fragments orbiting around psychoanalysis, art, and

Nonsense

Nonsense

Understanding the Role of Nonsense in Psychoanalysis In this episode of 'The Subject of the Unconscious,' hosts Neil Gorman and Isolda Alvarez delve into the topic of nonsense in Lacanian psychoanalysis. They discuss how individuals often seek psychoanalysis due to experiences that don't make sense and

Close Reading & Psychoanalytic Listening

Close Reading & Psychoanalytic Listening

In the article Close Reading Is For Everyone, Dan Sinykin writes, So what is close reading? As my co-editor and I write in our book, “Close reading is the practice of paying attention to a passage of text to account for at least one aspect of its meaning and to

Access to healthy communities

Access to healthy communities

In this post on his Substack, Chris Arnade makes the following observation about men today. If they don't have access to healthy communities, they will find unhealthy ones. The term I've used for the phenomenon of unhealthy communities welcoming people who can't find a

Diagnosis

Diagnosis

In this episode of The Subject of the Unconscious, hosts Neil Gorman and Isolda Alvarez delve into the complex topic of diagnosis within the framework of Lacanian psychoanalysis. They discuss the distinction between traditional DSM diagnoses and the Lacanian structural approach, emphasizing the unique and subjective nature of mental suffering.