Introduction to Psychoanalysis

Mario D’Amato completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago (2000), where he studied the philosophy of religion, with a special emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. His primary research has been focused on the translation and interpretation of Sanskrit Buddhist doctrinal texts from the Yogācāra school, a school notable for having developed a Buddhist conception of the “unconscious.” D’Amato published a study and annotated translation of the fourth century CE Buddhist treatise, Distinguishing the Middle from the Extremes (Columbia, 2012), the co-edited volume Pointing at the Moon: Buddhism, Logic, Analytic Philosophy (Oxford, 2009), as well as a number of articles on Buddhist thought in various journals and edited volumes. D’Amato’s continuing research aims to engage Buddhist thought in relation to Hegel, semiotics, and especially psychoanalysis.

Founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin



Creston Davis, (PhD University of Virginia, MTS Duke University) is the founder and director of The Global Center for Advanced Studies (GCAS) and the Chancellor and CEO of GCAS College Dublin. Davis was promoted to Associate Professor at Rollins College (2012) and has published books with The MIT Press, Columbia and Duke University Press.



He is the creator of and co-edits the Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion, Politics and Culture series, an academic book series published by Columbia University Press.



He currently researches future consciousness, sustainability, and advanced technologies.



https://gcas.ie/creston-davis