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The Significance of the Anus in Psychoanalytic Theory

Berkeley City Club 2315 Durant Avenue, Berkeley

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 […]

Love, Hate and Knowledge: the Analyst’s Aesthetic Conflict

For many years there has been an increasing interest in the nature of the psychoanalytic process as a type of art form, albeit with scientific objectives to do with gaining self-knowledge and knowledge about mental processes in general. The emotional pressures involved in this kind of knowledge were formulated by Bion as ‘Love, Hate and […]

The Analyst’s Desire: The Ethical Foundation of Clinical Practice

Dr. Wilson will present an overview and discussion of his recently published book, The Analyst's Desire: The Ethical Foundation of Clinical Practice (Bloomsbury Academic Press). In this talk, he will unpack the following proposition: the psychoanalyst inhabits her role with a specific desire that is all the more hidden from view when it is satisfied. This claim […]