Colin Wright is an Associate Professor of Critical Theory at the University of Nottingham, UK, where he is Head of the Department of Cultural, Media & Visual Studies. He has a psychoanalytic practice in Nottingham and is a member of the London Society of the New Lacanian School. As well as being the current editor-in-chief of the Psychoanalytical Notebooks, he is the author/editor of books such as Returning to Lacan's Seminar XVII (2022), Perversion Now! (2017) and Badiou in Jamaica: The Politics of Conflict (2013). His forthcoming book is entitled Toxic Positivity: A Lacanian Critique of Happiness and Wellbeing.
There is an obvious commotion in the field of normality today. For example, the widespread rejection of norms imposed by the Other is reflected in the language of the young, especially on social... (more)
This collection, written by leading Lacanian psychoanalytic theorists and practitioners, explores the impact of shifts in contemporary culture, politics and society on the notion of 'perversion',... (more)