Journal of Extreme Anthropology (Published: 21st September 2021)

ABSTRACT

Matthew Flisfeder’s recent contribution to literature on social media within psychoanalysis and critical theory is less a variation on the well-versed theme than an ingeniously crafted statement, deserving the praise and attention both by those within and outside of the field. Tying together Lacanian psychoanalysis, Marxist and critical media theory illustrated by close readings of contemporary sci-fi film, Flisfeder lays ground for a New Structuralist interpretation of social media befitting twenty-first-century capitalism. Read full review