Category Archives: Carl Jung

Syllabus for Media and Cultural Studies

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

COMM 6160/8690, Spring 2012 Thursdays 4:30-7:00 PM, Sparks 321 Ted Friedman Office: 738 One Park Place South ted@tedfriedman.com http://twitter.com/tedfriedman http://tedfriedman.com Course Description What are the political dimensions of popular culture? How does culture reflect, influence, and embody structures of power? … Continue reading →

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Marx, Jung & Yoda: The Dialectics of The Force

Posted on December 20, 2011 by

Here’s a talk about Star Wars and myth that I gave last month  at the Academy of Religious Studies conference in San Francisco. Feedback is welcome – I’m in the process of turning this into the introduction to my book, … Continue reading →

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Renewal

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

A couple of weeks ago I attended a wonderful workshop put together by Depth Psychology Seminars, a group of Jungian therapists and artists. The weekend included both lectures and creative workshops – opportunities to move from theory to practice, in … Continue reading →

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Syllabus for American Film History II, Fall 2011

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Film 4960/6960, Fall 2011 Class: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1:00-2:15, Classroom South 426 Screenings: Thursdays at 2:30, Arts & Humanities 406 Office: 738 One Park Place South email: ted@tedfriedman.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedfriedman website: http://www.tedfriedman.com Course Description How do movies reflect and influence … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Been Up to the Last Five Years

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

I recently had to write up what I’ve been working on over the last five years for my “post-tenure dossier,” so I thought I’d excerpt that here to explain how I got from Electric Dreams: Computers and American Culture to … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Reflections on Projection

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

From tweets the night of February 13, 2011. In Jungian terms, technological determinism is projection: giving power to machines that really belongs to ourselves. Projection is necessary & valuable – it’s what Robert Johnson calls “carrying your gold” when you’re … Continue reading →

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Grammy Night Tweets (reverse-chronological order)

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

14 Feb tedfriedman Fun reliving the #Grammys via west coasters’ tape-delayed tweets. Ah, we were so young & naive back then, 3 hours ago. #IMR 14 Feb tvoti Todd VanDerWerff If I was Cee-Lo Green, I think I’d have trouble … Continue reading →

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Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Bad [Updated]

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

Tweets the night of December 25, 2010. Yesterday as we got in the car to drive to the NC mountains, a hawk flew directly over us. Synchronicity – but were we predators or prey? We made such slow time (because … Continue reading →

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Power Is Fractal

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

Close reading works because power is fractal. Zoom in: microstruggles of text. Zoom out: macrostruggles of world. 100% resolution = the struggle being played out in your bodymind.

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Ted’s Top Podcasts of 2010

Posted on January 11, 2011 by

1. Bill Simmons, The BS Report 2. Marc Maron, What the Fuck 3. Jeffrey Kripal, Impossible Talk 4. Masterworks Broadway Podcast Theatre 5. Terri Gross, Fresh Air 6. John Hodgman, Judge John Hodgman 7. Robert X. Cringely, I, Cringely 8. … Continue reading →

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Ted’s Top 50 Comics of the 2000s

Posted on January 9, 2011 by

Originally posted December 30, 2009 This was a mixed decade for comics. On the one hand, superhero comics rebounded from the “grim and gritty” cliches of the 1990s to newfound creative relevance, thanks largely to the savvy of Marvel Editor-in-Chief … Continue reading →

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Tedcast #3: Interviewed by Erik Davis

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

The third Tedcast takes a break from my Fantasy & Science Fiction lectures to present an interview with me conducted by Erik Davis. Erik hosts Expanding Minds on the Progressive Radio Network, and is author of numerous books, including a … Continue reading →

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Centaur Manifesto

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

I’m writing a book about centaurs and cyborgs – about trying to bring together mythos and logos, magic and science, Carl Jung and Karl Marx, Maria Von Franz and Fredric Jameson. I’m podcasting the book via my lectures on Tedcast. I’m tweeting … Continue reading →

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Farmville Mandalas

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Click here for “Farmville: The Garden in the Machine.” In Media Res (December 8, 2010).

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Tedcast #2: Magic and Extrapolation

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

My rebooted podcast, TedCast, is up and running. The first few episodes will come from Fantasy and Science Fiction, a course I teach at GSU. Future episodes will cover cultural studies, new media, film history, and eventually  everything else I … Continue reading →

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Tedcast #1: Fantasy and Science Fiction

Posted on January 5, 2011 by

Here’s  Episode 1 of Tedcast, my rebooted podcast. It’s the first class in Fantasy and Science Fiction Media, a class I taught at GSU in Fall 2010. In this opening lecture, I introduce the concept of genre and discuss what … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Fantasy

Posted on December 30, 2010 by

Here’s a talk I gave at Berry College on the politics of fantasy films, broken into six parts. I begin by talking about the fantasy boom in the last decade, in which the Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Shrek, … Continue reading →

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FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

I just wrote a short piece, FarmVille: The Garden in the Machine, as a “curator’s note” for the digital humanities website In Media Res. Here’s the slideshow that goes with it:

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Radio Interview on the Centaur Manifesto

Posted on November 18, 2010 by

Here’s a phone interview I did about the Centaur Manifesto with Erik Davis of Expanding Mind, a show on the Progressive Radio Network. More info about Erik and his work is available at techgnosis.com.

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Updates on Tedlog, Tedcast, @tedfriedman, tedfriedman.com, syllabi, & books

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

I’m in the midst of a blogging-software shift from Movable Type to WordPress, which explains the current inconsistencies between this site (tedfriedman.wordpress.com) and my original website, tedfriedman.com. Eventually I’ll port all of tedfriedman.com over to WordPress, then move this blog … Continue reading →

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