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Wednesday
October 27, 2010
8:30 p.m.
Analyst Abroad: Passion for Travel to 198 Countries
James J. Strain, M.D.
Freud, Ferenczi, Jung all went abroad to expand their experiences and infuse their lives with fresh (foreign) stimulation and meaning. Freud’s travel letters, correspondence, and travel journal “shed considerable light on his personal life, and in some cases his professional concerns and ambitions… given Freud’s enormous interest in travel and, in particular in traveling to ancient sites such as Rome and Athens ….” A contemporary analyst, with a passion to travel since age 5, enumerates the important themes that emanate from observing multiple cultures, their handling of death, aggression, women, and the enmity from peoples who are so much alike and so little different, but remain enemies, e.g., the Hutus and Tutus of Rwanda. Going abroad resonates with unconscious wishes, “to see the world” and to see the world as others see it – voyeurism of a kind that contributes to understanding, enhanced self knowledge, and a unique pleasure from experiencing the world’s wonders and its fabled past. Counter – phobic pursuits for mastery are easily encountered in the travel setting. Many trips abroad were to teach psychosomatic medicine in universities or teaching hospitals, that gave an impetus to investigate the surrounding countries (750 national and international lectures).
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