Grounding its arguments in the psychoanalytic theory of Jean Lapanche in conversation with queer color critique, performance studies, and philosophy. Moving through cultural and clinical case studies, she takes up theatrical and cinematic works such as 'Slave Play' and 'The Night Porter' to show how the force of the erotic surges through the aesthetic domain. With this, she calls attention to a series of provocative questions: Why is sexuality beyond consent worth risking, and how does risk become a way of soliciting the future? In what ways are race and racism shot through the erotic? In 'Sexuality Beyond Consent,' psychoanalyst Saketopoulou maintains that people are overly focused on healing trauma and need to reroute their attention to what subjects do with their trauma. She is also on the faculties of several other psychoanalytic institutes, such as the William Alanson White Institute, the Stephen Mitchell Relational Center, and the National Institute for the Psychotherapies, where she offers intersectionally-informed courses on psychosexuality and gender. She teaches at the New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis. Her launch event at the Bureau of General Services-Queer Division was wildly successful, with over eighty people in attendance.Īfter moving to the United States from Greece and Cyprus, Avgi Saketopoulou trained as a clinical psychologist in New York. The first printing of Saketopoulou’s book sold out before publication day and it is now in second printing. Many thanks to Carl Abrahamsson, who created the intro and outro music for Rendering Unconscious podcast.- Kathryn Bond StocktonLOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, Febru/ / - New York University Press published Avgi Saketopoulou’s daring book, 'Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia,' on Feb. Music also available to stream via Spotify & other streaming platforms. TikTok: the main website for more information and links to everything: The song at the end of the episode is 'Transmit' by Vanessa Sinclair and Pete Murphy from the album of 'Dream Exploded'.

Vanessa Sinclair, a psychoanalyst based in Sweden, who works with people internationally: Follow Dr. Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. You can support the podcast at our Patreon. She is here to discuss her new book Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, Traumatophilia (NYU Press, 2023). Avgi Saketopoulou, PsyD is a queer psychoanalyst based in New York City, and faculty member of NYU’s Postdoc Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

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