04. Struggling with Mind: Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century with Joshua Pawaar

Published: Aug. 7, 2021, 1 p.m.

Episode Description:
Youssef and Ahmed are joined by Joshua Pawaar, a Psychoanalysis and Pyscho-social studies student at the University of Essex, who is able to dance gracefully with ideas.

The three sit down to discuss psychoanalysis and the role it can play in helping us understand humanity, its deepest nature, and the psyche as such. The conversation delves into issues like: the role of the internet in the proliferation of memes, the origins and roots of suicide, and how to conceive of individual identity. 

They cover ground, such as how Freudian Psychoanalysis sheds light on humanity's deepest fears and insecurities, the role of Jungian archetypes in human evolution and their applications to hero mythology, and where the proper purview of psychoanalytic ideas should be within human affairs. We hope you enjoy this combustible meeting between the psychoanalytic lens and the evolutionary one!

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Experiments in Dialogue is a podcast co-hosted by two Egyptian friends, attempting to reconstruct the world through good-faith and honest dialogue. In each episode, we attempt to couple the best of Enlightenment values with an evolutionary lens to explore the intimate and difficult questions posed by our modern circumstances. Join us, as we weave a diverse array of guests and discussions into a tapestry of stories about culture, philosophy, and science.

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