Psychoanalysis vs. Utilitarianism (or Drive and the Logic of Capitalism)

Why do we enjoy failure? Through Freudo-Lacanian concepts, Helen Rollins argues that human beings aren't utilitarian and rational creatures; our subjectivity encompasses de-naturalised drives that aren't seen in other animals. Moreover, she highlights how the logic of capital exploits such drives to keep the social machine going through its failures, not in spite of it. Watch the full podcast here: https://youtu.be/LurlIdK5rHU?si=yK9rjxs4DYfB1Z4D --------------------------------------- {Podcast} Substack: https://rsampod.substack.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rahul-samaranayake Available on other platforms at https://link.chtbl.com/PDBAf9Zd {Website} https://rahulsam.me/ {Social Media} https://www.instagram.com/name_is_rahul/ https://substack.com/@trsam/ https://x.com/trsam97 https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b/ --------------------------------------- If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting https://theunhappyman.substack.com/ --------------------------------------- Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.