Derivative Desires: Psychoanalysis, Social Problems, and Capitalism's Bad Jokes

This talk is part of the Superimpositions Lecture Series, sponsored by the Department of Visual Studies (UTM).

Scott Krzych is Associate Professor and Associate Chair of Film and Media Studies at Colorado College. His work has appeared in such journals as Film-Philosophy, Discourse, World Picture, Cultural Critique, Jump Cut, and NECSUS, among others. His first book, Beyond Bias: Conservative Media, Documentary Form, and the Politics of Hysteria was published by Oxford University Press in 2021. His current book project examines the American social problem film from the vantage point of post-2008 political cinema and is tentatively titled Derivative Desires: Psychoanalysis, Social Problems, and Capitalism’s Bad Jokes.