David Russell is Associate Professor of English at UCLA, where he teaches nineteenth-century literature, as well as film, philosophy and psychoanalysis. He is the author of Marion Milner: On Creativity (Oxford University Press, 2024) and Tact: Aesthetic Liberalism and the Essay form in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Princeton University Press, 2018).
David Russell
Associate Professor, English, UCLA
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This roundtable explores the resurgence of psychoanalysis, examining its enduring appeal despite scientific criticism and changing therapeutic practices. It considers how Freudian ideas continue to influence therapy, the humanities, and contemporary debates in the age of AI.