Peter Rollins - The Archive

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**Peter Rollins – The Archive**

This is an archive of various talks and reflections that Peter has given in recent years. The archive is constantly being updated with old and new material, so subscribe to be kept up to date.

Latest Episodes:

Pints and Parabes in Santa Barbara Aug 02, 2018

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This is a recording from my Pints and Parables event in Santa Barbara, May 2017

The Madness of Catching Light | On C.S. Lewis, Lacan and the Sublime Jul 31, 2018

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One of C.S. Lewis’ most interesting and intriguing works is a short story entitled ‘Light’. A huge amount of controversy and mythology surrounds the text itself, and it was never published in his lifetime. Indeed, its final form wasn’t published until two decades after his death. This is a dark story that reads like something penned by Jean-Paul Sartre or Camus. In this seminar I offer a close reading of the story and use it to unpack the nature of desire, the madness that comes from certainty and the nature of the Sublime. I’ll employ the story as a means of shedding light on Lacan’s enigmatic statement, “do not give way on your desire” and draw out the difference between fundamentalist fanaticism and a healthy celebration of the Sublime.

On Making an Enemy: The Creation, Cultivation and Contortion of Resistance Jul 30, 2018

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Power and Resistance are often thought of as antagonistic opposites that confront each other. However Power often covers the entire field of Power and Resistance. Here I explore how.

Mobilizing Discontent: Creating Spaces for Change Jul 29, 2018

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Often we attempt to minimize our discontent rather than mobilize it. In this short reflection, I outline the difference and talk about some events that I run which aim at the latter.

Ideology: Problem or Parallax Jul 29, 2018

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What is ideology? Here I look at five features that can help us understand this term

The Case of the Missing Finger: Belief, Action and the Symptom Jul 29, 2018

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In this reflection I explore the how we might come to glimpse what we believe through our symptoms rather than our conscious beliefs and actions.

Love Trumps Hate On Peterson Cultural Marxism And Postmodernism Jul 23, 2018

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In this reflection I look at Jordan Peterson's genealogy of marxism and explore his view of post-structuralism as advocating a multiplicity that undermines authoritative readings of a text.

Radical Theology with Moshe Kasher Jul 07, 2018

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In 2017 Peter was a guest on Moshe Kasher's Hound Tall, along with Nick Thune, Sara Schafer and Kurt Metzger. It's a pretty crazy interview with some magical moments sprinkled through the comedy chaos.

Escaping the Sitcom of Life | David Brent, Grotesques and Life Before Death Jun 25, 2018

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One of the greatest comedic characters to come out of the UK in recent years is undoubtably David Brent. Created and performed by Ricky Gervas, Brent is a pitiful character; constantly hiding from his self-loathing by unsuccessfully trying to play the part of a successful, funny, attractive and popular Renaissance Man. In the figure of Brent, Gervas has been able to create a character who manifestly wrestles with repression, neurotic symptoms, and eruptions of the unconscious. However, while the character is largely comic, there is a tragic element to him that is fleshed out at the end of The Office and at the conclusion of the movie David Brent: Life on the Road. In this Pyro-seminar, I’ll be using Brent as an example of the universal struggle that is human existence. Not only that, but I’ll be showing how Brent can show us how to bear the weight of that struggle and find a depth of meaning. With the help of Brent, I'll attempt to delineate the type of freedom that a pyrotheological community offers.

The Politics Of Disavowed Enjoyment Jun 11, 2018

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In this short reflection I look at the pleasure we can get from self-sabotage, and how we might sabotage our self-sabotage.