{"id":314,"date":"2018-02-16T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lacaninscotland.com\/?p=314"},"modified":"2021-05-05T11:46:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T10:46:57","slug":"event-black-mirror-and-lacan-fifteen-million-merits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacaninscotland.com\/?p=314","title":{"rendered":"Screening & Discussion of ‘Fifteen Million Merits’"},"content":{"rendered":"

A screening of the Black Mirror episode “Fifteen Million Merits” followed by a discussion.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR\u00a0FRIDAY MARCH 9 @ 7PM, EDINBURGH NAPIER’S MERCHISTON CAMPUS (IN BRUNTSFIELD), ROOM G24.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Join us at the Banshee Labyrinth for a screening of the Black Mirror episode “Fifteen Million Merits”, followed by a discussion of possible connections with Lacanian psychoanalytic theory – exploring notions of escapism, sexuality, and capitalism as depicted in this episode.<\/p>\n

Black Mirror is a TV show consisting of independent episodes which satirically question the role of technology in modern society.<\/p>\n

We will be screening and discussing the \u201cFifteen Million Merits\u201d episode which follows Bing\u2019s (Daniel Kaluuya) search for something other than the monotonous, capitalistic and technology-driven reality he finds himself in.<\/p>\n

The discussion will be led by Dr. Calum Neill.<\/p>\n

Friday March 9
\n19:00 – 21:00
\nEdinburgh Napier University, Merchiston Campus, Room G24<\/p>\n

**Free and open to all + FREE WINE**<\/p>\n

Calum Neill<\/strong> is an associate professor of psychoanalysis and critical theory at Edinburgh Napier University. He also teaches critical psychology and discourse analysis and is the author of ‘Without Ground: Lacanian Ethics and the Assumption of Subjectivity’ (Palgrave, 2014) and the forthcoming Jacques Lacan: The Basics (Routledge: 2018). He is also the editor of The Palgrave Lacan Series and the co-editor of the forthcoming four-volume companion to Lacan\u2019s \u00c9crits (Routledge, 2018).<\/span><\/p>\n

Facebook event found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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