Gavin Young Philosophy

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I'm a young, aspiring philosophy and literature professor who enjoys teaching and explicating exciting and novel concepts in the realm of philosophy and literature! My specialties are in postmodern philosophy and literature, phenomenology, pragmatism, postcolonial studies, gender theory, and affect theory. Thinkers of interest include Joyce, Deleuze & Guattari, Foucault, Nietzsche, Burroughs, and Pynchon. I am particularly interested in the study of James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" as a postmodern text. With the Wake as centerpiece, I am curious how notions of performativity, textual materiality, rhythm, gesture, form, and the dynamics of the reading experience shape the way we interpret texts and thereby interface with our world. Email: [email protected]

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William Burroughs's Theory of Language as a Virus in "The Job" and Jacques Lacan's "Écrits"

William Burroughs's Theory of Language as a Virus in "The Job" and Jacques Lacan's "Écrits" Gavin Young Philosophy

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Facing Paranoia in Freud's "The Schreber Case"

Facing Paranoia in Freud's "The Schreber Case" Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake Reading Group | Book II Introduction Session

Finnegans Wake Reading Group | Book II Introduction Session Gavin Young Philosophy

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William Burroughs's Desire: Queer Libidinal Immanence

William Burroughs's Desire: Queer Libidinal Immanence Gavin Young Philosophy

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Sade's Chauvinistic Ethics Are So Problematic! | Simone de Beauvoir "Must We Burn Sade?"

Sade's Chauvinistic Ethics Are So Problematic! | Simone de Beauvoir "Must We Burn Sade?" Gavin Young Philosophy

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From Ulysses to the Wake through the Rite of Spring | The Death of the Novel and the Excessive Text

From Ulysses to the Wake through the Rite of Spring | The Death of the Novel and the Excessive Text Gavin Young Philosophy

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Ambulatory America by the Beats | Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums"

Ambulatory America by the Beats | Jack Kerouac's "The Dharma Bums" Gavin Young Philosophy

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The Best Worst Apocalypse | William Burroughs "Blade Runner: A Movie" and Sci-Fi Futures

The Best Worst Apocalypse | William Burroughs "Blade Runner: A Movie" and Sci-Fi Futures Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake Reading Group Intro Session

Finnegans Wake Reading Group Intro Session Gavin Young Philosophy

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My Ongoing Mental Health Struggle with Anxiety and OCD

My Ongoing Mental Health Struggle with Anxiety and OCD Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake and Posthuman Narrative | Insectology in (I.4) 79.14-80.19

Finnegans Wake and Posthuman Narrative | Insectology in (I.4) 79.14-80.19 Gavin Young Philosophy

382 views - 4 weeks ago

Hellraiser (1987) | A Review Through Bataille's "Story of the Eye"

Hellraiser (1987) | A Review Through Bataille's "Story of the Eye" Gavin Young Philosophy

548 views - 4 weeks ago

Book Haul! | Literary Theory, Feminism, & Fiction

Book Haul! | Literary Theory, Feminism, & Fiction Gavin Young Philosophy

600 views - 1 month ago

Mutt and Jute: Interpreting the Other with Derrida | Finnegans Wake

Mutt and Jute: Interpreting the Other with Derrida | Finnegans Wake Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake Reading Group 2026 Announcement!

Finnegans Wake Reading Group 2026 Announcement! Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake: A Book About Mistakes | Miscommunication as Trope in a Chaosmos

Finnegans Wake: A Book About Mistakes | Miscommunication as Trope in a Chaosmos Gavin Young Philosophy

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Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Little Boy" | An Excerpt

Lawrence Ferlinghetti "Little Boy" | An Excerpt Gavin Young Philosophy

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Jesus's Orgie in Disguise: John 13, Feet Eroticism, and Sexual Affirmation

Jesus's Orgie in Disguise: John 13, Feet Eroticism, and Sexual Affirmation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Postmodernism, Politics, Praxis | William Burroughs's Reaction to May '68 in Method

Postmodernism, Politics, Praxis | William Burroughs's Reaction to May '68 in Method Gavin Young Philosophy

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"Atrophied Preface" from Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs | A Recitation

"Atrophied Preface" from Naked Lunch by William S Burroughs | A Recitation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake's Units of Harkening | The same passage (but different), 400 pages apart!

Finnegans Wake's Units of Harkening | The same passage (but different), 400 pages apart! Gavin Young Philosophy

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Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 4 | Episodes 14-15

Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 4 | Episodes 14-15 Gavin Young Philosophy

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2026 TBR + Year in Recap

2026 TBR + Year in Recap Gavin Young Philosophy

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Deconstructing Context in Finnegans Wake | Generalized Textuality and Semantic Equivocation

Deconstructing Context in Finnegans Wake | Generalized Textuality and Semantic Equivocation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 3 | Episodes 9-13

Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 3 | Episodes 9-13 Gavin Young Philosophy

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What is Deconstruction? | An Introduction

What is Deconstruction? | An Introduction Gavin Young Philosophy

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Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 2 | Episodes 4-8

Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 2 | Episodes 4-8 Gavin Young Philosophy

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"Circe": Chapter 15 from Joyce's Ulysses | An Excerpt

"Circe": Chapter 15 from Joyce's Ulysses | An Excerpt Gavin Young Philosophy

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Why We Live in a Post-Truth Era | Pragmatism, Postmodernism, Paradigm Shifts

Why We Live in a Post-Truth Era | Pragmatism, Postmodernism, Paradigm Shifts Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake as Fractal Notebook | Notes on the Fragmentary Fall

Finnegans Wake as Fractal Notebook | Notes on the Fragmentary Fall Gavin Young Philosophy

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Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 1 | Episodes 1-3

Ulysses Reading Group 2025 | Session 1 | Episodes 1-3 Gavin Young Philosophy

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Shaun: What a picture primitive! | A Finnegans Wake Recitation

Shaun: What a picture primitive! | A Finnegans Wake Recitation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Writing Beyond the Voice | Finnegans Wake and Arche-Writing

Writing Beyond the Voice | Finnegans Wake and Arche-Writing Gavin Young Philosophy

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Texts Cannot Die | Reading Against Tactics of Textual Closure

Texts Cannot Die | Reading Against Tactics of Textual Closure Gavin Young Philosophy

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"Shem the Penman" from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake | A Recitation

"Shem the Penman" from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake | A Recitation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Lebniz's Monadology | Reconciling Determinism and Free Will in a Dynamic Universe

Lebniz's Monadology | Reconciling Determinism and Free Will in a Dynamic Universe Gavin Young Philosophy

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William Burroughs "Naked Lunch" | Anarchic Communities and Power Satirized

William Burroughs "Naked Lunch" | Anarchic Communities and Power Satirized Gavin Young Philosophy

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Learning to Read and Recite Finnegans Wake Without Joyce’s Authority

Learning to Read and Recite Finnegans Wake Without Joyce’s Authority Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake, the Indeterminacy of Syntax, and the Pragmatics of Punctuation

Finnegans Wake, the Indeterminacy of Syntax, and the Pragmatics of Punctuation Gavin Young Philosophy

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Regimes of Signs | Deleuze-Guattari-Burroughs on the Faciality of the Word Virus

Regimes of Signs | Deleuze-Guattari-Burroughs on the Faciality of the Word Virus Gavin Young Philosophy

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The Ontology of Meaning | Intentionalism vs Externalism

The Ontology of Meaning | Intentionalism vs Externalism Gavin Young Philosophy

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"as a mere matter of ficfect": Finnegans Wake and the Empirical Imagination

"as a mere matter of ficfect": Finnegans Wake and the Empirical Imagination Gavin Young Philosophy

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Burroughs and the Routinization of America | A Conversation with Matthew Brown

Burroughs and the Routinization of America | A Conversation with Matthew Brown Gavin Young Philosophy

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A Critique of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism | Who Belongs in the Women's Movement?

A Critique of Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism | Who Belongs in the Women's Movement? Gavin Young Philosophy

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Literature as Proxy | The Art of Asking Questions and Vicarious Experimentation

Literature as Proxy | The Art of Asking Questions and Vicarious Experimentation Gavin Young Philosophy

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William Buroughs' "Junky" | America's Algebra of Need

William Buroughs' "Junky" | America's Algebra of Need Gavin Young Philosophy

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The Problem of Waking in Finnegans Wake | A New Interpreative Paradigm

The Problem of Waking in Finnegans Wake | A New Interpreative Paradigm Gavin Young Philosophy

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Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra" and the Beat Generation Project

Allen Ginsberg's "Sunflower Sutra" and the Beat Generation Project Gavin Young Philosophy

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How to Self-Study an Academic Discipline Using Handbooks, Readers, and Essay Collections

How to Self-Study an Academic Discipline Using Handbooks, Readers, and Essay Collections Gavin Young Philosophy

666 views - 5 months ago

The Philosophy of Nonsense Poetry in "Jabberwocky" and "I Am the Walrus"

The Philosophy of Nonsense Poetry in "Jabberwocky" and "I Am the Walrus" Gavin Young Philosophy

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An Interpretive Apotheosis: The Problem of Opposites in Finnegans Wake

An Interpretive Apotheosis: The Problem of Opposites in Finnegans Wake Gavin Young Philosophy

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Jacques Derrida "Dissemination" | Play, Excess, and the Outside

Jacques Derrida "Dissemination" | Play, Excess, and the Outside Gavin Young Philosophy

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Disciplinary Apparatuses | Michel Foucault Concept in Focus

Disciplinary Apparatuses | Michel Foucault Concept in Focus Gavin Young Philosophy

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Writing the Disaster in "Finnegans Wake": Silence, Struggle, and Subversion via Blanchot

Writing the Disaster in "Finnegans Wake": Silence, Struggle, and Subversion via Blanchot Gavin Young Philosophy

519 views - 6 months ago

How to Plan, Structure, and Argue an Academic Paper | Behind the Scenes of My Paper Notes

How to Plan, Structure, and Argue an Academic Paper | Behind the Scenes of My Paper Notes Gavin Young Philosophy

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Mamalujo | A Finnegans Wake Recitation | page 398-99

Mamalujo | A Finnegans Wake Recitation | page 398-99 Gavin Young Philosophy

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The Prankquean, Feminism, and the Subversion of Sense in "Finnegans Wake"

The Prankquean, Feminism, and the Subversion of Sense in "Finnegans Wake" Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake as a Model for Anxiety | Neuroticism, Accretion, and the Anxiety of Words

Finnegans Wake as a Model for Anxiety | Neuroticism, Accretion, and the Anxiety of Words Gavin Young Philosophy

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The Singularity of the Text | A Derridean Text-Centered Pedagogy

The Singularity of the Text | A Derridean Text-Centered Pedagogy Gavin Young Philosophy

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Finnegans Wake as Model for AI in Louis Armand's "Mind Factory: From Artifice to Intelligence"

Finnegans Wake as Model for AI in Louis Armand's "Mind Factory: From Artifice to Intelligence" Gavin Young Philosophy

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