Psychoanalysis in the News

Analytic Flicks: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? This article explores "Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood" and the recent film "Won’t You Be My Neighbor" from the perspective of a child psychoanalyst.

Game of Thrones: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation Including Some Remarks on the Psychosocial Function of Modern TV Series. This article will be available without a fee on Taylor & Francis Online for a time, and explores the social structures from which totalitarianism and other systems of power come to be through the lens of Game of Thrones. The paper also addresses the function of modern television in our psychic relationships.

Sigmund Freud to Hunt Down a Serial Killer in New Netflix TV Series. Staying with the theme of visual media in this month’s Psychoanalysis in the News, Netflix has a new TV series from Austria set to begin production in the fall. I wonder who the historical consultant was...