26: Avgi Saketopoulou

Group Dynamics Dispatch

In this episode, Angelo talks with Dr. Avgi Saketopoulou about her new book "Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, & Traumatophilia"(2023). Their dynamic conversation explores new ways of thinking about trauma, its potentiating role in psychic life, the radicality of Jean Laplanche, and what it means to 'bend one's will', They also talk about how trauma intersects with eroticism, race, and forms of consent. Finally, they delve into 'exigent sadism' and its role in clinical life & artistic expression. Links: "Sexuality Beyond Consent: Risk, Race, and Traumatophilia" https://nyupress.org/9781479820269/sexuality-beyond-consent/ "Slave Play" by Jeremy Harris https://slaveplaybroadway.com/