Duane Rousselle

Duane Rousselle (born April 28, 1982) is a Canadian sociological theorist, Lacanian psychoanalyst,[1] and professor of sociology.[2] He works in several academic fields including Social Movement Studies, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Cultural Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Anarchist Studies, and Aesthetics. His work attempts to introduce an alternative to scholarly discourses that aim to produce consistent and coherent bodies of knowledge (e.g., "University Discourse"). It also offers a counterpoint to what Jacques Lacan has called "capitalist discourse."

Duane Rousselle
Rousselle in Mumbai, 2020
BornApril 28, 1982 (1982-04-28) (age 39)
Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Alma materUniversity of New Brunswick, Trent University, European Graduate School
AwardsGovernor General of Canada Gold Medal, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Medal
Scientific career
FieldsPsychoanalysis, sociological theory
Academic advisorsSlavoj Žižek, Alain Badiou, Davide Panagia
InfluencesJacques Lacan, Slavoj Žižek, Alain Badiou, Jacques-Alain Miller
Websitewww.DuaneRousselle.com

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]

Biography

Duane was born in Miramichi, New Brunswick to Catholic parents. He attended the New Brunswick Community College and graduated with a diploma in Electronic Game Design.[4][5] After participating in a hunger strike for admittance, he was accepted as a Sociology Major at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. During this first year of his university education, he experienced devastating poverty, sleeping on park benches. He received numerous prestigious awards, including the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick silver medal for excellence in scholarship.[6][7]

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.[8] During his time in Peterborough, he became a Freemason.[9] He was awarded the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for his research into clinical psychoanalysis and continental philosophy.[10]

He studied also at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland,[11] working as an assistant for Slavoj Zizek and Alain Badiou.

In 2016, Duane raised more than $100,000 to help rebuild a mosque that was attacked in a hate crime in Peterborough, Ontario.[12][13] His efforts received international attention and he was invited for a private meeting with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[14] This was the subject of a documentary film by Matthew Hayes, The Masjid.[15][16] Duane received several death threats at this time and went into hiding.[17]

Duane converted to Islam in order to marry his partner.[18] This relationship was documented by Colin Boyd Shafer in his documentary photo exhibit Interlove Project.[19][20] Duane is no longer married.

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.[21] In 2021, he became engaged to the "negative psychoanalyst" Julie Reshe.[22] Duane Rousselle was Professor of Sociology and Psychoanalysis at the School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen until the outbreak of the Russia-Ukrainian conflict.[23] After this time, he fled to Kazakhstan and then arrived in Ireland with his fiancée.[24]

Awards
Year Award
2015 Governor General of Canada Gold Medal
2007 Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick Medal

Works
  • Post-Anarchism: A Reader (Pluto Books) ISBN 9781783714568
  • After Post-Anarchism (Repartee Books/LBC)
  • Lacanian Realism: Political and Clinical Psychoanalysis (Bloomsbury Books) ISBN 9781350003552
  • Jacques Lacan and American Sociology: Be Wary of the Image (Palgrave) ISBN 9783030197254
  • Gender, Sexuality, and Subjectivity: A Lacanian Perspective on Identity, Language and Queer Theory (Routledge)
  • On Love: Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Society (Atropos)

References
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  13. Kovach, J (April 7, 2016). "Peterborough filmmaker produces short film on community response to arson at Masjid Al-Salaam". The Peterborough Examiner. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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  17. Silverman, Craig. "The Organizer Of The Peterborough Mosque Fundraiser Says White Supremacists Are Targeting Him". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
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  20. Gairola, Vibhu (May 5, 2016). "These Beautiful Portraits Peer Into the Live of Interfaith Couples". Toronto Life. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  21. "Duaner@nipissingu.ca". Archived from the original on October 25, 2020. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  22. "Depressive Realism: An Interview with Julie Reshe". May 2, 2021. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  23. of Tyumen Profile for Duane Rousselle
  24. "Russian Lawmakers Take Aim at Independent Coverage of Ukrainian Invasion". March 3, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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