He helped to contribute to the emergence of a new field of scholarly investigation known as "post-anarchism." He founded and edits the journal Anarchist Developments in Cultural Studies.[3] He is a noted Canadian public intellectual.[4] He is often referred to as among the second generation of the Ljubljana school of psychoanalysis alongside Todd McGowan.[5] His work has been translated into multiple languages,including Russian,Arabic,Turkish,and Spanish.
He went on to complete a master's degree in sociology from the University of New Brunswick before joining the PhD program in Cultural Studies from Trent University.[10] During his time in Peterborough,he became a Freemason.[11] He was awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for his research into clinical psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.[12]
In 2016,Duane raised more than $100,000 to help rebuild a mosque that was attacked in a hate crime in Peterborough,Ontario.[14][15] His efforts received international attention and he was invited for a private meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[16] This was the subject of a documentary film by Matthew Hayes,The Masjid.[17][18] Duane received several death threats at this time and went into hiding.[19]
Duane converted to Islam in order to marry his former partner.[20] This relationship was documented by Colin Boyd Shafer in his documentary photo exhibit Interlove Project.[21][22]
In 2019,Duane moved to Mumbai. In 2020,he returned to Canada and accepted an appointment to teach at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Nipissing University.[23] In 2021,he became engaged to the "negative psychoanalyst" Julie Reshe.[24] Rousselle taught psychology and sociology at a university in Tyumen,Siberia,but fled to Kazakhstan with his fiancée and their daughter following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[25]
Duane was a leading proponent of "post-anarchism." He published numerous texts and edited the foundational book "Post-Anarchism:A Reader." He has argued that post-anarchism allowed anarchists to reflect upon their own presuppositions and to discover problems with theories of revolutionary and insurrection. He said that "what was so essential about post-anarchist theory was that it surprised anarchists. We became surprised by what it was that we have been saying for over 150 years."[30]
Particular affirmations
One of Duane's key theories is that there has been a rise in the logic of 'particular affirmations' of enjoyment after what Slavoj Žižek and others referred to as the decline of symbolic efficiency. These 'particular affirmations' are capable of producing the same results as modern fascism without any need of prohibitions against particular segments of the population.[31] This logic has developed out of close readings of the late teachings of Jacques Lacan and the seminars of Jacques-Alain Miller. His argument was central to a debate with the noted philosopher Slavoj Žižek.[32]
Dreams
He said that the perpetuation of false negativities are actually fawnings/faux-negs of jouissance or enjoyment and that satisfactions are perpetuated through naive notions of cynicism,negativity,and criticality.[33]
Faux-negs
Platform capitalism
His work focuses on what he terms feudal fixations" in contemporary capitalism. He described "plat-farm" capitalism as capitalism in a feudal mode,and said that "capitalism would be an advancement."[34]
Psychoanalytic sociology
Duane said that psychoanalytic sociology is "not a sociology of psychoanalysis," it is "the psychoanalyst's sociology."[35]
↑ Carroll, Luke (2016). "From Poverty to Doctorate". Miramichi Leader (Newspaper). Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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