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Events

Autism as a Mode of Being

Leon S. Brenner

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Autism is often described as a developmental disorder, implying there is a standard way to develop. However, Freud’s psychoanalysis offers a unique perspective on development by denaturalizing the human subject, […]

$25.00

True Love As Love of Truth

Merav Roth, Ph.D

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Melanie Klein's entire endeavor might be described as a rich and unwavering effort to allow love to come to the fore, or in Klein's words, to extricate "love buried under […]

$25.00

Questioning the Superego

Penelope Garvey

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In this paper I approach and examine the concept of the superego mainly from a Kleinian point of view, describe how it changes during the course of an individual’s development and raise questions about how and to what extent the primitive forces on which it is built can be modified by psychoanalysis. Using theory and […]

Rossellini Beyond Repair

Ramsey McGlazer, Ph.D.

Albany Senior Center 846 Masonic Avenue, Albany, California, United States

This talk revisits Roberto Rossellini's Europa '51 (1952), a film that Gilles Deleuze made famous for its way of "seeing convicts" in a range of social institutions, including the factory, […]

What Should I Call You? Pronouns and the Scene of Address

Judith Butler, Ph.D.

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We are now often asked what our pronouns are and how we want to be referred to. But we also receive statements or declarations or requests regarding how others wish to be referred to. The pronoun has come into relief as a turbulent terrain. Tensions have emerged within families, between generations, and between some feminists […]

The Structure and Function of Part Objects

Richard Rusbridger

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A distinctive feature of Kleinian approaches in psychoanalysis is their interest, which developed from Melanie Klein’s work with children, in early states of mind, which she called ‘primitive,’ These frequently […]

The Significance of the Anus in Psychoanalytic Theory

Benjamin Y. Fong, Ph.D.

Berkeley City Club 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

This talk aims first to illustrate the significance of the anus in psychoanalytic theory, engaging with the writing of Freud, Lou Andreas-Salome, Karl Abraham, and others. It then shifts to a discussion of sociological applications of the theory of anality in the works of Norman O. Brown and Otto Fenichel, articulating finally a theory of […]