About

Hi, I’m Daniel. Welcome to my website.

I’m a writer, philosopher and host of the Emancipations podcast on philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and contemporary political struggles. My first book is Psychoanalysis and the Politics of the Family: The Crisis of Initiation (Palgrave Lacan Series in 2022). It aims to revitalize Freudian, Lacanian and Marxist thought on the contemporary left by re-opening the problem of the family from the perspective of psychoanalysis and Marxism.

I have training in philosophy and psychoanalytic practice, and I have studied at American University, the European Graduate School and have taught philosophy at George Washington University, Marymount University, and the DC jail. If you want to know more about my background read this.

My research and writing is concerned with psychoanalysis and politics, Marxist thought, the family, social reproduction debates, the legacy of anti-Oedipal politics, contemporary and historical liberalism, Nietzsche and Nietzscheanism, and the social power of the intellectual. You can read most of my publications, essays, book reviews, and talks here.

My latest book, How to Read Like a Parasite: Why the Left Got High on Nietzsche aims to open a new reading of the philosophy of Nietzsche by looking at how his thought has come to shape and influence the left, from the Black Panthers, to French theory, to contemporary liberal academics.

You can support my work by becoming a member of my Patreon. I release at least 2 – 3 interviews, video essays or talks per month. Check out some of my most recent interviews, talks and courses by going here.

Many of the posts on this website are older material which I may not still agree with. I started posting my writing on this website in 2006.