Death Drive & Being-Towards-Death: A Conversation with Todd McGowan
This interview with Todd McGowan is part of the NEGATIVE course. Join the course by subscribing to any tier: / membership Todd McGowan's YouTube channel:@toddmcgowan8233 00:57 Death Drive in Freud 03:25 “with Lacan it’s even worse” 07:14 Sabina Spielrein’s Contribution to Psychoanalysis 10:37 Death Drive and the Social Bond 14:34 Rituals, Sacrifice, and the Creation of Value 16:17 Love as Self-Destruction 18:58 Suicide, Self-Harm, and Death Drive 30:58 Being-Towards-Death and Death Drive 44:11 Ethical Dimensions of Death Drive

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