History: Ernst Kris, NYPSI, Freud, Erich Fromm from Sasha Rolde on IP.net

Dear colleagues,

after the historic spring meeting of the APsaA in Chicago, it is with renewed vigor that we must view our psychoanalytic endeavors. That enthusiasm is reflected in the posts on the international psychoanalytic website. We do not practice on an isolated island, we are global. If the posts seem to pertain to current news and local views, please remember that they are shared with colleagues and interested others in over 50 countries. With that in mind, please do add your comments.

My personal choices this week are:

1) What I didn’t know about Ernst Kris!- please read the laudatory article in the ART Category by Allen Handler Spitz about this multitalented man who brought his love of art to the USA when he fled from the Nazis in 1938.

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2) I am partial to books. In that category, I was impressed by:

a) The events we forget remember! How could we understand analytically at the German Wehrmacht’s blockade of Leningrad from 1941-44 where “more than a million Red Army soldiers died in the defense of Leningrad and another 2.4 million were wounded. Some 130,000 soldiers died on the German side while 480,000 were wounded and 220,000 disappeared or were captured.”

If interested read the article about the diary of Lena Mukhina in which she documents the blockade that she witnessed.

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b) The History of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute by Douglas Kirsner
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c) becoming Freud: The Making of a Psychoanalyst – a new biography
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3) Dr. Lawrence D. Blum is very convincing on his blog when he writes why he loves psychoanalysis. (See Editorials)
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4) the story of the Nazi doctor from Mauthausen who fled to Cairo and became a Muslim is chilling not just because of his example but because it explores the seeming ambivalence of those perpetrating mass murder. Much for us to analyze.
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5) Dr. A. Richard’s paper on the Organizational Structure of APsaA is a must read.
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6) The two reviews of the films in the MOVIES category again remind us of man’s inhumanity to man.
Click Here to Read This Article by Selma Duckler

Click Here to Read This Article on the Movie So Bright is the View

7) Erich Fromm – featured yet again. How many of us were brought into the fold by his writing! See Psychology Sunday and Audio/Video.
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8) Last but not least, 2 gems:

a) did you know that rats can regret their choices?
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b) a wonderful piece on conflict as bedrock of psychoanalysis it a must read.
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Below is the list of contents for the week:

A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:

I. Upcoming Events at YIVO

Don***t miss the last two programs of our Spring Season!

June 12, 2014 | 7pm
Jewish-Christian Relations in Poland:
How One Town Overcame Its Past
Podbrodzer Lecture
Magda Teter, Wesleyan University

In the early 18th century, a blood libel case surged in a small Polish town. The ensuing trial ended in the loss of Jewish life and a haunting legacy. But after decades of struggle, the town has found a way to overcome its past.

To read more please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2014/06/08/upcoming-events-at-yivo/#more-52769
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II. Savoir-faire and the Frame of the Cure with Paola Mieli Apr**s-Coup
Friday, June 13th, 2014
6:30 pm *** 9:00 pm
The School of Visual Arts
136 West 21st Street, Room 408, New York, NY

to read more please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2014/06/06/savoir-faire-and-the-frame-of-the-cure-with-paola-mieli-apres-coup/#more-52761
III. IPBooks Author Signings at the Chicago APsaA Meetings
Stop by the Book Room at the Palmer House Hilton at the Chicago APsaA Meetings for the following book signings with following IPBooks Authors:

11:00 Charles Fisher, The Rangell Reader (coedited by Beth Kalish) To purchase this book on IPBooks.net,

12:30 Sylvia Ginsparg , Never Again: Echoes of the Holocaust in Film To purchase this book on IPBooks.net,

To purchase the books please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2014/06/04/ipbooks-author-signings-at-the-chicago-apsaa-meetings/#more-52713
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B. In the ART Category:

IV. Letters from Afar at YIVO

The YIVO Institute and the Museum of the City of New York present a Video Art Exhibition, LETTERS TO AFAR, by Award-Winning Artists P**ter Forg**cs and The Klezmatics on October 22, 2014 March 22, to 2015.
To read please go to: http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/ _________________________________________
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V. Kris-Crossing

by Ellen Handler Spitz on the Brooklyn Rail website on June 5, 2014.
To read please go to: http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/ ___________________________________________

VI. Under Their Influence

by Mary Thompkins Lewis in the Wall Street Journal on June 2, 2014.
To read please go to: http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/ ___________________________________________

C. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:

VII. Can There be Meaning in Pointless Torment

by Thu Huong Had with Andrew Solomon***s Ted Talk on How the Work Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who Were Are on May 21st, @014.
To read and view please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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VIII. Letters from Afar at YIVO

The YIVO Institute and the Museum of the City of New York present a Video Art Exhibition, LETTERS TO AFAR, by Award-Winning Artists P**ter Forg**cs and The Klezmatics on October 22, 2014 March 22, to 2015.
To read and view please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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IX. Psychology Sunday: Erich Fromm

a) Erich Fromm on Wikipedia.

b) The Mike Wallace Interview with Erich Fromm on the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas at Austin Website.

To read and view a) & b) please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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X. Mark Solms***s Chat at NYPSI

on Vimeo.

Please go to: http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/ __________________________________

D. In the BOOKS Category:

XI. The diary of Lena Mukhina: An important document on the Leningrad blockade
Lenas Tagebuch, translated by Lena Gorelik and Gero Fedtke, Munich, 2013 By Clara Weiss on the World Socialist Web Site on June 11, 2014.

XII. Does Translating Yiddish Preserve History Or Betray It?
Anita Norich Explores the Contradictory Burdens of the Field By Eitan Kensky on the Forward Mobile website on June 7, 2014.