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Interview at Epilogue Magazine

Dr. Shoshannah Bryn Jones Square and Todd discuss the coronavirus pandemic in the context of climate change.

GoodReads Review of ‘The Democracy of Suffering’

4 Star Review by Peter D. Mathews for GoodReads (January 2020).

Dufresne & Nahlah Ayed: CBC Ideas

Nahlah Ayed discusses climate change, capitalism, and ‘The Democracy of Suffering” with the author for a full episode of Ideas … More

‘The Democracy of Suffering’: Wit, erudition and philosophical change

First review of “The Democracy of Suffering” as it appeared in The Japan Times in October 2019.

Interview on CBC Radio Superior Morning

Todd spoke with Lisa Laco on CBC Radio Superior Morning on October 18th about “The Democracy of Suffering”. Listen here: … More

‘The Democracy of Suffering’ Book Launch: October 22, 2019

Book launch for Todd’s ‘The Democracy of Suffering: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe, Philosophy in the Anthropocene” and Mark … More

Interview with Tony Greco on ‘The Democracy of Suffering ‘ in LA Review of Books:

In the spring of 2019 Tony Greco sat down with Todd Dufresne to discuss Dufresne’s new book The Democracy of … More

Ideas at Stratford: Freud and After

On August 10, 2019, Todd participated in a CBC Radio ‘Ideas’ panel discussion on the contemporary influence of Sigmund Freud’s … More

Interview with Cambridge University Press

Back in 2017, Todd sat down with Janka Romero, Commissioning Editor at Cambridge University Press, to discuss various topics related … More

PsycCRITIQUES Review of “The Late Sigmund Freud”

Daniel Burston reviews “The Late Sigmund Freud: Or, The Last Word on Psychoanalysis, Society, and All the Riddles of Life” … More

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About Todd Dufresne

Dr. Todd Dufresne is Professor of Philosophy at Lakehead University, and in 2018-19 Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, and Visiting Professor of English at Seikei University in Tokyo.

Dr. Dufresne specializes in Critical Freud Studies, and is author or editor of 12 books.

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