Dear Colleagues,
The posts on the international website this week reflect the fact that psychoanalytic thinking can be applied to increasingly varied aspects of life, current events, history, philosophy, individual and group trauma, child development, and more. My personal choices include:
1) Ray Kurzweil’s reflections on “a New Kind of Science. Incidentally please peruse Kurzweil’s website – he is undoubtedly on of the most thoughtful and intelligent men of this century, considered genius by many.
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2) Note the NYPSI meeting on Child Development
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3) If you can tolerate hearing about more financial disaster, please read Michael Powell’s interview of Sandy Lewis – very enlightening and worthy of analysis.
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4) Apropos current politics, interestingly Marx and Freud appear in 2 posts,
a) Henry Idema from The Holland Sentinel article on “Was Marx right about religion”
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and
b) Marxism and Psychoanalysis.
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Both are well worth reading!
5) Surely the rise of suicide rate above motor vehicle accidents in the USA is a reflection of internal and external societal factors – reminiscent to me of the 1930’s.
Incidentally the rise is seen in Greece as well.
As psychoanalysts, we need to weigh in with our thoughts.
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List of all posts:
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A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. Fall 2012 AAPDP Newsletter
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II. On Freud*s *Femininity* with Graciela Abelin-Sas Rose, MD & Leticia Glocer Fiorini, MD at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
A. A. BRILL LIBRARY
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Saturday, November 10, 2012, 9 am * 12 noon,
$10 Suggested Donation
a panel discussion with five of the international contributing authors of the landmark publication On Freud*s *Femininity*
Graciela Abelin-Sas Rose, MD & Leticia Glocer Fiorini, MD editors Karnac, 2010
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III. On Self and Self Awareness with Rodolfo Llin*s at Arnold Pfeffer Center
CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuropsychoanalysis
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Saturday, October 6, 2012, 10 am * 12 pm,
Donations accepted,
Rodolfo Llin*s: Thomas & Suzanne Murphy Professor of Neuroscience; Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, NYU
ON SELF AND SELF AWARENESS*.
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IV. SPEAKING TO THE NARCISSISTIC DISORDERS with George Gross, M.D. at NYSPI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Committee
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Wednesdays 7:30 * 9 pm
October 17 * November 14, 2012
5 sessions Fee $200
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V. Ego Psychology in the Analytic Encounter With Fred Busch at IPTAR
IPTAR meeting on Ego Psychology in the Analytic Encounter with Fred Busch and Marilyn Rifkin on November 3, 2012.
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VI. Psychoanalytic Principles of Child Development with David Sawyer, M.D. & Ronald Rawitt, M.D., at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
Extension Committee
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Wednesdays 7:30 * 8:30 pm, October 17, 2012 * November 14, 2012, 5 sessions, Fee: $100
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VII. Lois Oppenheim, Ph.D. in Conversation with . . . Edmund White at NYPSI
CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF ADVANCEMENT THROUGH SELF-KNOWLEDGE THE NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
Friday, October 12, 2012, 7:30 pm, Fee $25; $10 with valid student ID
ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE WILL GUARANTEE YOU A SEAT TO THIS POPULAR EVENT
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VIII. The IPA E-Newsletter of September, 2012
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IX. Preview WCSPP*s Autumn Events
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X. NAAP*s 40th Annual Conference: Generosity and Greed
a) Brochure for: NAAP*s 40th Annual Conference: Generousity and Greed
b) 2012 Gradiva Award Nominations
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B. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
XI. The Neuroscience of Love
Neuroscience of Love, an interview with Larry Young, interviewed by Brian Lehrer on the on the WNYC website on September 20, 20112
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XII. Woody Guthrie Centenary: 1912 to 2012
to View and Listen To: Woody Guthrie Sings Hobo*s Lullaby on YouTube
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C. In the BOOKS Category:
XIII. Reflections on Stephen Wolfram*s A New Kind of Science
by Ray Kurzweil on the Kurzweil website on May 13, 2002
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XIV. Unconscious Dominions: Psychoanalysis, Colonial Trauma, and Global Sovereignties (review)
by Matthew M. Heaton From: Bulletin of the History of Medicine Volume 86, Number 2, Summer 2012, pp. 287-289.
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XV. Bento*s Sketchbook*John Berger*s *Way of Seeing* Spinoza
By Kamilla Vaski on The World Socialist Website on September 20, 2012.
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D. In the BUSINESS & FINANCE Category:
XVI. A Lonely Redemption
By Michael Powell and Danny Hakim in The New York Times on September 15, 2012.
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E. In the EDITORIALS Category:
XVII. MY TAKE * Was Marx right about religion?
by Henry Idema from The Holland Sentinel on September 17, 2012.
As with Sigmund Freud, most Americans have an opinion about Karl Marx without having read Karl Marx. His economics leave a lot to be desired, especially by underestimating his own Jewish doctrine of sin and the human selfishness and will to power that the story of Adam and Eve illuminates. Worldly goods will never be distributed based on *each according to his or her ability and need.*
On religion, however, Marx had some profound ideas that illuminate the use of religion in our political campaigns.
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XVIII. Beyond Obamacare
by Steven Rattner from The New York Times on September 16, 2012.
Steven Rattner, a contributing opinion writer, was a counselor to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.
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XIX. Surviving the Pain at the Roots
by Alexandra Heather Foss from The New York Times on September 15, 2012, which provides a very personal look at the way she has coped with anxiety in her life.
Alexandra Heather Foss is a freelance writer and photographer. Her most recent publication is *Finding Beauty In Your Scars,* which appeared on the Web site Tiny Buddha.
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F. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XX. Suicide Now Kills More Americans Than Car Crashes:
Prevention efforts lowered traffic fatalities, more attention needed for suicide, experts say.
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter on the HealthDay website on September 22, 2012,
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XXI. Marxism and Psychoanalysis vs. Falsification and Scientism * PART I
“Prompt: Marxism and psychoanalysis cannot be proven a priori. That much is true. Is it not this vagueness of Marx what allows it to become almost religious? Like Freud, the theories can be applied to anything anywhere and be manipulated to fit reality.”
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XXI. Pacifiers may have emotional consequences for boys
by Chris Barncard on the University of Wisconsin Madison News website on Sept. 18, 2012.
Eyewitness News Story on Pacifier Abuse.
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XXII. Politico-psychopathology
American Politics: Politico-psychopathology:Neurotocrats vs. the Grand Old Psychosis by Benjamin Kunkel on the New + 1 website on September 10, 2012.
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XXIII. Stress, depression may affect cancer survival
By Amanda Enayati, on the CNN website on September 14, 2012.
This study suggests that stress management should be an integral part of cancer treatment.
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G. In the PAPERS Category:
XXIV. Freud and the Rebbe by Joseph H. Berke
by Joseph H. Berke. This paper was previously unpublished.
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H. In the PLAYS Category:
XXV. Psychoanalysis meets surrealism in American Stage production
by Kathy L. Greenberg from Tampa Bay Online on September 14, 2012, which provides a review of Terry Johnson*s play, *Hysteria: Or Fragments of an Analysis of an Obsessional Neurosis.*
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I. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXVI. Orca Mothers Coddle Adult Sons, Study Finds
by Sindya N. Bhanoo from The New York Times on September 17, 2012.
Humans, pilot whales and killer whales are the only known species in which females have a prolonged period of menopause * a time of life when they cannot reproduce. Now, a study in the journal Science reports the purpose that menopause serves in orcas: for females to care for their sons and make sure their genes are passed on to future generations.
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XXVII. Differences Between Men and Women
Talking About Inequalities in the Shadow of the Feminist Movement* by Dr. Tamara McClintock Greenberg, Psy.D. originally published on September 16, 2012 in 21st Century Aging and accessible via Psychology Today.
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XXVIII. The psychopathic trait successful presidents have in common
by Maia Szalavitz from Time.com on September 13, 2012.
Political partisans delight in labeling opposition leaders as malign or even psychopathic * but it turns out that U.S. presidents with high levels of certain psychopathic traits may actually do better on the job, no matter what their party affiliation, according to new research.
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XXIX. What the brain draws from: Art and neuroscience
by Elizabeth Landau from CNN.com on September 15, 2012.
The human brain is wired in such a way that we can make sense of lines, colors and patterns on a flat canvas. Artists throughout human history have figured out ways to create illusions such as depth and brightness that aren*t actually there but make works of art seem somehow more real.
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Having read the posts that interest you, I hope that you have/will written your comments on the website. Our input is important to our colleagues, as well as to the increasing number of visitors to the International psychoanalytic website.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde