Todd Dufresne
Biographic Data
| ID | 1444484 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Todd Dufresne |
| GIVEN NAMES | Todd |
| FAMILY NAME | Dufresne |
| SIGNATURE | DUFRESNE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Climate Change and Covid-19
There is widespread confusion about the connection between COVID-19 and the larger problem of climate change. This article investigates the connection between the pandemic and climate crises in three ways. First, it examines how impactful emission reductions inspired by COVID-19 have helped prevent future climate catastrophe. Second, it shows why this pandemic is not a climate emergency at all but a routine feature of history. However, the articl…
The Democracy of Suffering
Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939)
Freud's contribution to sociology has been largely misunderstood. Few understand, first, how the “cultural” Freud is connected to the “metapsychology” of the middle and early periods; second, how the metapsychology and sociology effectively institutionalize Freud's outdated belief in phylogenesis; and, third, how scholars of many stripes have tried to deny or whitewash these connections. As a result we often speak of Freud's “sociology” when it w…
Democracy of Suffering
Late Sigmund Freud
Freud is best remembered for two applied works on society, The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Yet the works of the final period are routinely denigrated as merely supplemental to the earlier, more fundamental 'discoveries' of the unconscious and dream interpretation. In fact, the 'cultural Freud' is sometimes considered an embarrassment to psychoanalysis. Dufresne argues that the late Freud, as brilliant as ever, was …
The Making of a “Freud Basher,” or Reflections of a “Supercilious Neurotic…”
A well-known critic of Freud discusses in frank terms the features of psychoanalysis that still attract scholarly interest, and the polemics that deform research and defames criticism. The author defends Freud criticism from ad hominem charges and outlines serious problems with scholarship in the field, including fraud, bad faith, and a disregard for professional standards. But he also indulges and explores the supposedly “pathological” undercurr…
Buying Andy Warhol
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again. By Andy Warhol (New York: Harcourt, 1975; reissued in September 2006), 241 pp. $14.00 paper. Buying is much more American than thinking an
"Returns of the "French Freud
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"Returns of the "French Freud
Buying Andy Warhol
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again. By Andy Warhol (New York: Harcourt, 1975; reissued in September 2006), 241 pp. $14.00 paper. Buying is much more American than thinking an
The Making of a “Freud Basher,” or Reflections of a “Supercilious Neurotic…”
A well-known critic of Freud discusses in frank terms the features of psychoanalysis that still attract scholarly interest, and the polemics that deform research and defames criticism. The author defends Freud criticism from ad hominem charges and outlines serious problems with scholarship in the field, including fraud, bad faith, and a disregard for professional standards. But he also indulges and explores the supposedly “pathological” undercurr…
Late Sigmund Freud
Freud is best remembered for two applied works on society, The Future of an Illusion and Civilization and its Discontents. Yet the works of the final period are routinely denigrated as merely supplemental to the earlier, more fundamental 'discoveries' of the unconscious and dream interpretation. In fact, the 'cultural Freud' is sometimes considered an embarrassment to psychoanalysis. Dufresne argues that the late Freud, as brilliant as ever, was …
The Democracy of Suffering
Freud, Sigmund (1856–1939)
Freud's contribution to sociology has been largely misunderstood. Few understand, first, how the “cultural” Freud is connected to the “metapsychology” of the middle and early periods; second, how the metapsychology and sociology effectively institutionalize Freud's outdated belief in phylogenesis; and, third, how scholars of many stripes have tried to deny or whitewash these connections. As a result we often speak of Freud's “sociology” when it w…
Democracy of Suffering
Climate Change and Covid-19
There is widespread confusion about the connection between COVID-19 and the larger problem of climate change. This article investigates the connection between the pandemic and climate crises in three ways. First, it examines how impactful emission reductions inspired by COVID-19 have helped prevent future climate catastrophe. Second, it shows why this pandemic is not a climate emergency at all but a routine feature of history. However, the articl…
Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychoanalysis (2 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (2 works)