KW Fitzpatrick @KWFitzpatrick

Harvard-trained thinker interested in continental philosophy, cinema, bioethics and psychiatry. Oh, and dogs. kwfitzpatrick.substack.com Joined July 2025

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2 weeks ago

Soviet Science Fiction, with an introduction by Isaac Asimov

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2 weeks ago

How to Read Lacan by Slavoj Žižek

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2 weeks ago

Several essays on depression and melancholy from the perspective of Lacanian psychoanalysis.

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2 weeks ago

Eros and Civilization by Herbert Marcuse

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3 weeks ago

Peter Sloterdijk’s Critique of Cynical Reason is a very interesting book that criticizes contemporary cynicism and praises the classical “kynicism” of Diogenes.

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3 weeks ago

Film Directing Shot by Shot is a great resource for learning about movies, even if you never plan on being a director.

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3 weeks ago

Looking Awry by Slavoj Žižek

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3 weeks ago

Madness, Napoleon, and Lacan open.substack.com/pub/kwfitzpatr…

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3 weeks ago

Foucault's Mental Illness & Psychology

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3 weeks ago

Schelling's Philosophical Inquiries into the Nature of Human Freedom

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3 weeks ago

Fichte's The Vocation of Man

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3 weeks ago

The Philosophy of Art by FWJ Schelling

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Persons and Personal Identity by Amy Kind. What makes you the same person today that you were yesterday? Your memories? Your body? Your brain? This very easy to read book explores this issue from every angle.

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4 weeks ago

Hitchcock/Truffaut: Basically everything you need to know about cinema in a single book.

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4 weeks ago

Dario Argento’s Tenebre (1982) is the greatest giallo film ever made. What is giallo? What makes Tenebre so great? Read my post and you’l find out. open.substack.com/pub/kwfitzpatr…

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4 weeks ago

Stasiland by Anna Funder This is a great book about normal East German citizens living under the brutal Stasi, the secret police. It’s an emotional read, but the author interjects with lighter moments from her life as a foreigner to the region after the collapse of the wall.

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a month ago

I’ve started a new publication that will feature content about bioethics and behavioral healthcare. My first post will be about an op-ed I wrote concerning online depression screening. Subscribe if that sounds interesting. open.substack.com/pub/madnessand…

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a month ago

What I care about, in case there are others with similar interests: Philosophy (especially German Idealism and existentialism) Psychiatry Lacan History of medicine Cinema (especially Hitchcock, Giallo, and film noir)