Dr. Walter A. Davis is Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University. He is an actor and playwright, as well as psychoanalyst and theoretician. His many books include Art and Politics: Psychoanalysis, Ideology, Theatre. Pluto Press, London, 2007; Death's Dream Kingdom: The American Psyche Since 9-11. Pluto Press, London, 2006; Get the Guests: Psychoanalysis, Modern American Drama, and the Audience. Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1993; and Inwardness and Existence: Subjectivity in/and Hegel, Heidegger, Marx, and Freud. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1989. www.walteradavis.com

Check out this recent article by Dr. Davis "None dare call it fascism" at The Philosophical Salon: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/none-dare-call-it-fascism/

Mentioned in this episode:

The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump edited by Bandy Lee, MD: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179456

Our Town by Thornton Wilder: https://www.thorntonwilder.com/our-town

Justin Frank, MD: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561477/trump-on-the-couch-by-justin-a-frank-md/

Mark Lynas, Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet: https://www.marklynas.org/2020/06/new-book-our-final-warning-six-degrees-of-climate-emergency/

Please note: according to David Attenborough's A Life on Our Planet (2020), human population is expected to reach 11 billion by 2100: https://www.netflix.com/se-en/title/80216393

Enjoy my previous discussion with Dr. Davis RU19: http://www.renderingunconscious.org/psychoanalysis/professor-emeritus-walter-davis/

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Image: Portrait of Dr. Walter A. Davis

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