Dear Colleagues,
I invite you to glance at this week’s international psychoanalysis website to take your attention away for a while from the world’s mostly unpleasant and worrisome news, be it earthquake in China, explosions and bombings in the USA and elsewhere. My apologies if you were just trying to finally enjoy some spring weather. The posts this week reflect some of the trauma of the news and try to put a psychoanalytic perspective on it. My choices this week are:
l) It is interesting to me to read the announcement about Anne Sexton’s therapy with Dawn Skorczewske at NYPSI, having treated her myself prior to that in Boston.
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2) Whether you think about the fate of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, the perpetrators or their children, you will be able to read about them on our website with comments in the General News Category. Please add your own analytic perspectives.
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3) The article on siblings and their influence on each other deserves our full attention – is it really supported by psychoanalytic principles?
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4) Having risen from the ashes, Jewish people in Siberia are thriving as is the Hebrew language globally.
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5) To add to the immense carnage of this week there is the post on the 24th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
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6) If you did not attend the Symposium 2013 on Envy and Jealousy, please at least glance at the very erudite papers that were presented there.
Click Here to Read: David Lichtenstein’s Keynote Address
Click Here to Listen To: Ken Winarick’s Paper
Click Here to Listen To: Steven Ellman’s Paper
Click Here to Listen To: Francis Baudry’s Paper
7) At the same time as people live longer – there is the effect of violence on life span – see the Science News Category:
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” Children who experienced at least two types of exposure to violence showed significantly more telomere erosion between ages 5 and 10 than did controls subjects, report researchers from Duke University. Shortened telomeres eventually lead to cell death and are associated with aging and degenerative diseases.”
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Below is the list of contents for the week:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. An Accident of Hope: The Therapy Tapes of Anne Sexton with Dawn Skorczewski, Ph.D at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
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Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
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212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Friday, May 17, 2013, 7:30 pm, $10 Suggested Donation
Register at www.nypsi.org under Events and Lectures
Presents a reading & discussion: An Accident of Hope: The Therapy Tapes of Anne Sexton By Dawn Skorczewski, Ph.D.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
II. A screening of The Rules of the Game followed by a psychoanalytic discussion with George Mandelbaum at NYPSI
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
THE FRIENDS OF THE 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
www.nypsi.org
Thursday, May 16, 2013, 7 pm
Presents a screening of Jean Renoir***s 1939 classic The Rules of the Game (La R**gle du jeu) followed by a psychoanalytic discussion with George Mandelbaum, Ph.D.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ _____________________________________________________________________
III. Trauma Reconsidered with Marion Oliner at MITPP
MITPP SUMMER INSTITUTE 2013
TRAUMA RECONSIDERED
Instructor: Marion Oliner, Ph.D.
TUESDAYS, JUNE 4, 11, 18, 25 7:00 PM *** 8:30 PM
670 WEST END AVENUE (BETWEEN 92ND AND 93RD STREETS), #9F
FEE: $80
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
IV. AIP Open House
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOANALYSISOF THE KAREN HORNEY PSYCHOANALYTIC CENTER
329 East 62nd Street *** New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-8044 *** www.aipnyc.org *** aipkh@aol.com
___________________________________________________________ We invite you to meet our Faculty and Students at our
OPEN HOUSE Personal Growth Professional Gain:
Developing Your Private Practice Through Training
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 8:00 PM *** 10:00 PM
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V. Ignorance & Curiosity Panel at the Helix Center
NEW YORK PSYCHOANALYTIC SOCIETY & INSTITUTE:
The Helix Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation
Marianne and Nicholas Young Auditorium
247 East 82nd St., between 2nd & 3rd, NY, NY, 10028
212-879-6900
www.psychoanalysis.org
www.nypsi.org
Saturday, April 27, 2013, 2:30 *** 4:30 PM
Ignorance & Curiosity
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
B. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category
VI. Woody Guthrie Centenary 1912- 2012
Jackhammer John *** Pete Seeger & Richie Havens (Tribute to Woody Guthrie, 1968) on YouTube.
To view please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
VII. What Can Mathematics Teach Us about the Mind Brain at the Helix Center
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C. In the BOOKS Category:
VIII. Editorial and Costumer Reviews of Facing Cancer and the Fear of Death: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Treatment by Norman Straker
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IX. Catch Them Before They Fall: The Psychoanalysis of Breakdown
by Christopher Bollas,
Reviewed by Tracy D. Morgan on The New Books in Psychoanalysis website on March 26, 2013.
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X. Ann Arbor author and psychologist Julie Jaffee Nagel to appear at Nicola***s Books
By Jenn McKee on the Ann Arbor. com website April 22, 2013.
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D. In the CHINA Category:
XI. Learning From China, but What?
By Yu Hua in The New York Times on April 24, 2013.
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XII. Earthquake hits China***s Sichuan province, killing at least 179 and injuring thousands
By Steven Mufson in The Washington Post on April 21, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
E. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XIII. The Problem With How We Treat Bipolar Disorder
by Linda Logan in The New York Times on April 26, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XIV. My Uncle Freud: A Famous Family
a) My Uncle Freud: A Famous Family (Part 1), An Interview with Joseph Knobel Freud, Part 1, Interviewed by Juli**n Chappa on the Fair Observer Website on February 4, 2013.
b) My Uncle Freud: A Famous Family (Part 1), An Interview with Joseph Knobel Freud, Part 2, Interviewed by Juli**n Chappa on the Fair Observer Website on February 4, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XV. How do you miss a spouse***s ***secret life***?
By Sarah LeTrent on the CNN website on April 26, 2013.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Boston Marathon bombings suspect, was photographed for a university graduate magazine story in April 2009. The photographer did not want to be named for this story. According to the published article, he hoped to be selected for the U.S. Olympic boxing team and become a naturalized American. Authorities say an overnight shootout with police left him dead on Friday, April 19.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XVI. Victims in Boston Face a Difficult Path to Recovery
By Abby Goodnough and Jess Bidgood in The New York Times on April 25, 2013.
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XVII. The Beilis Conspiracy
A century after the last blood libel trial, the idea that Jews drink Christian vital fluid is still alive and well By David Mikics on the Tablet website on April 26, 2013.
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XVIII. China***s Sufis: The Shrines Behind the Dunes
by Ian Johnson in The New York Review of Books Blog on April 25, 2013.
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XIX. A Lifeline for Widowed Fathers
By Jane E. Brody in The New York Times on April 22,2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XX. Lewis Dembitz***s 1892 article on Yiddish-Zhargon
by Fred MacDowell on the Mainline Blog on April 23, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXI. The children of killers: ***There are wounds you can never heal never heal***
By Bill Briggs on the NBC News website on April 24, 2013.
Serial murderer Keith Jesperson with his daughter, Melissa, and his newborn son. He was dubbed the ***Happy Face Killer*** amid a murder spree in the early to mid 1990s. Melissa Moore said she and her two siblings are healthy and happy today.
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XXII. French lawmakers approve same-sex marriage bill
By Laura Smith-Spark on the CNN website on April 23, 2013.
Opponents of a gay marriage bill face riot officers at ***La Manif Pour Tous,*** or demonstration for all, on Sunday, April 21. The bill, which will legalize gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt, will likely pass on Tuesday when it goes before the lower house of the Senate for a vote.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXIII. Brothers in Arms: Sibling Psychology and the Bombing Suspects
By Jeffrey Kluger in Time magazine on April 19, 2013.
The elder brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left, and his younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
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XXIV. How Therapy Can Help in the Golden Years
By Abby Ellin in The New York Times on April 22, 2013.
Marvin Tolkin, 86, says his monthly therapy sessions have been ***making his transition to living at this age in relation to my family very doable.***
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XXV. Despite Predictions, Jewish Homeland in Siberia Retains Its Appeal
By David M. Herszenhorn in The New York Times on October 3, 2012.
Andrey Zasorin leads a congregation at the old synagogue in Birobidzhan, the capital of Russia***s Jewish Autonomous Region.
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XXVI. Yiddish language and culture enjoying a worldwide resurgence
By Sally Kalson in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on April 21, 2013.
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XXVII. Scenes from Boston, after a harrowing week following the marathon bombings
on The Washington Post website on April 21., 2013,
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XXVIII. The hellish week that traumatized *** and bonded *** Americans
By Bill Briggs and JoNel Aleccia on the NBC News website on
A woman carries a girl from their home as a SWAT team searching for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings enters the building in Watertown, Mass., Friday, That was part of what turned out to be a chaotic week in the U.S.
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XXIX. The Culprits
by David Remnick in The New Yorker on April 29, 2013 .
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXX. Simon Critchley on ***Infinitely Demanding: Politics of Resistance, Ethics of Commitment
from New School for Social Research SSR Philosophy Department Blog Apri
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F. In the MOVIES Category:
XXXI. 24th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
a) Vasily Grossman: An Armenian Sketchbook Posted in Grossman Vasily, NYRB Classics February 19th, 2013.
b) The Amernian Genocide on Wikipedia.
c) The Armenian Genocide *** The Critically Acclaimed PBS Documentary by Emmy Award Winner Andrew Goldberg (2006) by Andrew Goldberg on the Amazon.com website.
To read a),b) & c) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
G. In the MUSIC Category:
XXXII. Leonard Cohen and Judy Collins Perform ***Suzanne***
She introduced the world to the poet-turned-singer by Andy Green on the Rolling Stone website on April 25, 2013.
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XXXIII. Ann Arbor author and psychologist Julie Jaffee Nagel to appear at Nicola***s Books
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
H. In the PAPERS Category:
XXXIV. Francis Baudry***s Presentation at Symposium 2013
This is a the third of three talks presented at Panel 1 of Symposium 2013 on the subject of ***Jealousy and Envy from Different Perspectives.***
a) Frank Baudy***s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013, Part 1.
b) Frank Baudy***s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013, Part 2.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXXV. David Lichtenstein***s Address at Symposium 2013
***I Am Not What I Am,*** David Lichtenstein***s Keynote Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York on April 6, 2013
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXXVI. Steven Ellman***s Presentation at Symposium 2013
This is a the second of three talks presented at Panel 1 of Symposium 2013 on the subject of ***Jealousy and Envy from Different Perspectives.***
a) Steven Ellman***s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013, Part 1.
b) Steven Ellman;s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013, Part 2.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
XXXVII. Kenneth Winarick***s Presentation at Symposium 2013 Saturday, April 27th, 2013
This is a the first of three talks presented at Panel 1 of Symposium 2013 on the subject of ***Jealousy and Envy from Different Perspectives.***
a) Kenneth Winarick***s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013.
b) Part 2 of Kenneth Winarick***s Presentation at Symposium 2013: Envy and Jealousy at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City on April 6, 2013.
To read a) & b) please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
I. In the PLAYS Category:
XXXVIII. Finks dramatizes the 1950s anti-communist blacklist
By Fred Mazelis on The World Socialist Website on April 26, 2013.
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J. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XXXIX. Violence Can Change Children***s Chromosomes
on the Psychiatric Alert Website on April 24, 2013.
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ______________________________________________________________
The above concludes this week’s fare on the international psychoanalytic website. There is are numerous topics which call for you comments and expertise so please let your colleagues know your thoughts. “the eyes of the world are upon us”.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde