Leading article of the week
Psyche and society. Some considerations about an interdisciplinary problem
Α few years ago, almost every major magazine in the German-speaking world published a lead story per year on the subjects of burnout or depression. The debate about burnout as a high-performance disease was particularly fruitful for the uncertainty of the middle classes during the financial and euro crisis.
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Feuilleton
Eine Psychoanalyse des Atomkriegs
Horst-Eberhard Richter (1923-2011) war lange Zeit das deutsche Gesicht gesellschaftskritischer Psychoanalyse. Seine Erfahrungen in den Kriegsjahren, in denen er unter anderem als Wehrmachtssoldat an der Ostfront kämpfte, prägten seine späteren Arbeiten nach erfolgreichem Studium der Medizin, Philosophie und Psychologie. Als Psychiater und Psychoanalytiker war Richter Mitbegründer der Ärztlichen Friedensorganisation „International Physicans für Prevention of Nuclear Weapons“ (IPPNW), später ausgezeichnet mit dem Friedensnobelpreis.
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Radio
The Freud/Tiffany Project (Part I)
Like so many New York stories, the Freud/Tiffany Project came from a chance encounter at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. About 6 years ago, I met Michael Burlingham, the grandson of Dorothy Tiffany Burlingham, just when he had started to inventory the objects and documents in the estate of his father. That would be Bob Burlingham, Dorothy’s eldest son. As a teenager, Bob had taken hundreds of photos and placed the celluloid strips of his photo and film negatives, horizontally, into an album.
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Brexit Q&A with Susie Orbach
Thank you for giving the psychoanalytic community outside of Britain the opportunity to ask questions related to Brexit – a topic that many people across the globe, and especially fellow Europeans, follow with a great deal of interest.
Britain’s decision to leave the European Union came as a great surprise to many Europeans - Were the British surprised by the referendum’s result?
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Aggression of women in psychoanalytic discourse
“If society is in danger, it is not because of man’s aggressiveness but because of the repression of personal aggressiveness in individuals” (Winnicott, 1991)
The word aggression is derived from the Latin word "aggredi" (deponent), which can be either translated as "charge, attack" or"advancing/charging forward (something)". The first translation indicates the hostility (destructiveness) associated with this term, while the other emphasizes its constructive potential. Both versions are legitimate interpretations of the term aggression. It is precisely this ambiguity that makes the discussion about aggression so delicate. Most people associate aggression solely with destruction and anti-social behavior. The perception of one´s own aggressive impulses causes feelings of fear or guilt that must be repressed, split off or compensated as of counteractions.
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Riddle
We. 46/2018
Difficulty: ***
“My old and dirty Gods”
Author: Pamela Cooper-White
Freud’s consulting room has become a familiar historic image with its carpet-draped couch, and as is well known, every surface was laden with ancient archaeological figurines.
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The mother tongue as language of emotions
Author: Jorge Luis Rios
A transcultural, psychoanalytic essay for migrants.
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Psychoanalysis: A foreign field (Part II)
Author: Dany Nobus / Sabrina Zehetner (TVP)
In Part II, Dany Nobus discusses the Bloomsbury Group, the psychoanalytic tradition (or lack thereof) in the United Kingdom, Shakespeare and the status quo of mental health services.
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Who was Princess Alice of Battenberg? (Part I)
Author: Dany Nobus / Sabrina Zehetner (TVP)
In his interview with THE VIENNA PSYCHOANALYST, Professor Dany Nobus reconstructs the clinical history of Princess Alice of Battenberg and provides insight into the history of psychoanalysis.
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What a piece of work is a man
Author: Sabrina Zehetner (TVP)
William Shakespeare and Sigmund Freud.
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The Father Christmas myth / Il mito di Babbo Natale
Author: Gabriella Papadia
How the bells, Sweet silver bells,
All seem to say,Throw cares away
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