Dear Colleagues:
Summer has arrived and “living is easy” (is it?). While we wait to see what repercussions there will be from Greece’s financial crisis, from the various talks about nuclear proliferation, the taking down of the Confederate flag, talks about gun control, and of course what will Donald Trump say next, I am perusing the international psychoanalytic website and hope to find comments in the posts on present day socioeconomic world and domestic climate to share with all of you.
As usual, I am listing my own choices first, followed by the Table of Contents. Please note that I am not listing previously mentioned posts so do browse through the website and read/comment on whatever you are interested in.
Here are my recommendations:
1) I really enjoyed Paul Levy’s comments “It’s not ethical to review works by friends, so I***ll simply praise some” in the ART Category: Please read:
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2) Please read and view Joseph E. Stiglitz’s interesting points on both Greece and Germany: ‘The U.S. Must Save Greece.” He gives some thoughtful psychological analysis of the issues.
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3) More on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks: A Conference, Film Screening & Discussion on on YouTube
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4) By now you know that the BOOKS are generally my favorites – so please read all the posts in this category:
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a) BRENDA BERGER AND STEPHANIE NEWMAN, EDS in “Money Talks in Therapy, Society, and Life”
they confront an oft taboo subject:
“With contributions from Muriel Dimen, Robert Glick, Theodore Jacobs, and others, money is understood in terms of psychosexuality, greed, envy, narcissism, sexuality, loss, the economics among candidates in psychoanalytic training institutes, and its ever-present role in the transference/countertransference matrix.”
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b) The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the New Sunni Revolution by Patrick Cockburn; Isis: Inside the Army of Terror by Michael Weiss and Hassan Hassan, Reviewed by Hugh Roberts in the London Review of Books on Vol. 37 No. 14 ** 16 July 2015
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c) The Hidden Freud: His Hassidic Roots
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d) I particularly love this post, firstly because Kafka is from my hometown, Prague secondly because I love his understated writing and thirdly because this post is a testimony to psychological abuse of a child by his father.
Please read: Franz Kafka’s badly healed wounds, Review of Kafka:
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e)Review of Kate Schechter 2014 “Illusions of a Future: Psychoanalysis and the Biopolitics of Desire,” Reviewed by Justin Clemens on the Society & Space website.
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5) Having lost 2 longterm very committed to their treatment patients to an untimely death myself, I was particularly moved by Robin Weiss’s “How Do Therapist Mourn.
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6) the evidence based treatment controversy between medication and psychotherapy is taking a turn:
a) “the Institut National d’ Excellence en Sant” et en Services Sociaux (INESSS), which advises the province on best-evidence guidelines for the health-care system, has concluded that psychotherapy is as effective as medication and does a better job at preventing relapse, for the most common “and costly” “ mental illnesses, depression and anxiety.”
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7) More on the psychologists and the torture program:
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8) More on the post-Nazi era:
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8) Interested in movies and in understanding the psychological development of Napoleon?
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9) 2 interesting papers on Psychoanalysis and the Ideologies of Science by Jon Mills, Ph.D. and Arnold Richards, M.D.
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Below is the Table of Contents for the last week:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMENTS Category:
I. Bringing Back the Revolution at IPTAR
IPTAR (in conjunction with The New School) continues its programs ***Bringing Back the Revolution***
SAVE THE DATES *** 2015-2016
OCTOBER 24, 2015
Elizabeth Young-Breuhl Memorial Lecture
DAVID L. ENG, PH.D., Guest Speaker, “Racial Melancholia”
PATRICIA GHEROVICI, PH.D., Discussant
Panel: SUJATHA SUBRAMANIAN, PH.D., SAMANTHA SEMPER, PH.D., & C. JAMA ADAMS, PH.D.
To read more please go to:
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/announcements/ _______________________________________________
B. In the ART Category:
II. Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera Offer Dueling Accounts of Detroit’s Industrial Glory
by Lisa John Rogers on the Hyperallergic blog on July 8, 2015.
Frida Kahlo, “Self-Portrait on the Borderline between Mexico and the United States” (1932), oil on metal (private collection)
To read and view please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/
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III. It’s not ethical to review works by friends, so I’ll simply praise some
by Paul Levy on his Plain English Blog on July 9, 2015.
Michael Craig-Martin, “Eye of the Storm,” 2002 (detail)
To read and view please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/
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IV. China’s Young Postmodern, Post-Mao Artists
by John Seed on the Hyperallergic website on July 7, 2015.
Chi Peng, “Sprinting Forward 4″ (2004), C-print, 55 x 81 x 2 1/2 in. (framed) (Collection of Andrew and Heather Rayburn, all images courtesy the Orange County Museum of Art).
To read and view please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/art/
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C. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
V. The US Must Save Greece
By Joseph Stiglitz in TIME Magazine on July 9, 2015.
To view & read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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VI. Heidegger’s Black Notebooks: A Conference: Film Screening & Discussion on YouTube
Published on Sep 26, 2014. The two-day conference Heidegger’s Black Notebooks (September 11 & 12, 2014) focused on the philosopher’s late and unambiguously pro-Nazi writings, which may very well represent a point of no return for Heidegger scholarship. Here is the panel (more)
To view & read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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VII. Long Lost 1988 Jerry Garcia Interview Surfaces
In San Francisco TV Studio Archive BY Jay Barmann in the Sfist website on May 19, 2015.
To view & read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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VIII. 36 Hours in Chengdu
by Jonah M. Kessel, Max Duncan, Sarah Li, Will Lloyd and Dominic Yip Video on NYTimes.com on July 1, 2015.
To view & read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/audio/
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D. In the BOOKS Category:
IX. Money Talks in Therapy, Society, and Life
by Brenda Berger and Stephenie Newman, reviewed by Ezra Feinberg on the New Books in Psychoanalysis website on July 9, 2015.
To read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/books/
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X. The Hidden Freud: His Hassidic Roots
a) Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud and the Rebbe Rashab from
by Joseph Berke.
b) The Hidden Freud: His Hassidic Roots by Joseph Berke on Amazon.com
To read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/books/
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XI. Franz Kafka’s badly healed wounds
Review of Kafka: Die fr**hen Jahre by Reiner Stach, Reviewed by Carolin Duttlingner in The Times Literary Supplement on June 24, 2015.
Franz Kafka c.1898 Photograph: ** Apic/Getty Images
To read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/books/
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XII. Illusions of a Future: Psychoanalysis and the Biopolitics of Desire
Review of Kate Schechter 2014 “Illusions of a Future: Psychoanalysis and the Biopolitics of Desire”, Reviewed by Justin Clemens on the Society & Space website.
To read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/books/
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E. In the EDITORIALS Category:
XIII. How Therapists Mourn
By Robin Weiss in The New York Times on July 4, 2015.
Please read more at http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/editorials/ _______________________________________
F. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XIV. Anti-Depressant Cartoon
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XV. The Austin Riggs Center
Erikson Institute Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XVI. Their Flag and Ours
The Confederate side wasn’t the only one to indulge in postwar nostalgia: memorializing its heroes, victims, and symbols. But only one side kept fighting By Paul Berman on the Tablet website on July 8, 2015.
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XVII. The Age of Creepiness
by Nathan Heller in the New Yorker on July 9. 2015.
Was John Travolta creepy as a disco predator in “Saturday Night Fever”? Hard to say. Is he creepy as a black-clad gentleman who leers at women while fondling their chins? Yes, very much.
CREDITPHOTOGRAPH BY ROBYN BECK / AFP / GETTY
To read more please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XVIII. Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds
By James Risen in The New York Times on July 10, 2015.
The headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Va. A new report examines the collaboration between psychologists and officials at the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.
CreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse “ Getty Images
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XIX. Return of the King
The “cosplay Caliphate” of ISIS is a deadly fantasy, but a familiar one in the West. It feeds the same urges as Tolkien by Benjamin Dueholm on the aeon website.
The Battle of Karbala by Abbas Al-Musavi. Late 19th “ early 20th C. Brooklyn Musuem. Photo by Corbis
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XX. Is psychotherapy for depression any better than a sugar pill?
By James Coyne PhD on the PLOS blogs website on June 25, 2013.
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXI. Why CBT is falling out of favour
“Researchers have found that CBT is roughly half as effective in treating depression as it used to be” by Oliver Burkeman on the Guardian Website on July 3, 2015.
To read more please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXII. The Nazi past of Germany’s post-war political elite
By Verena Nees on The World Socialist Web Site on July 7, 2015.
To read more please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXIII. Step Aside, Freud: Josef Breuer Is the True Father of Modern Psychotherapy
Is the True Father of Modern Psychotherapy By Pavi Sandhu in the Scientific American on June 30, 2015.
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXIV. Quebec health institute calls for psychotherapy as front-line treatment choice
by Erin Anderssen in The Globe and Mail on June 25, 2015.
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXV. Ex-Nazi on Trial in Germany Admits Complicity
By Victor Homola in The New York Times on July 1, 2015.
Oskar Gr**ning, 94, acknowledged his complicity in the Holocaust for his work at the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he collected money from arriving prisoners.
Credit Ronny Hartmann/Agence France-Presse “ Getty Image
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXVI. Silicon Valley: HBO’s satire of American tech culture
By Kevin Reed on the World Socialist Web Site on July 4, 2015.
Leading members of the cast of Silicon Valley: Donald “Jared” Dunn (Zach Woods), Erlich Bachman (T.J. Miller), Richard Hendricks (Thomas Middleditch), Dinesh Chugtai (Kumail Nanjiani) and Bertram Gilfoyle (Martin Starr)
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXVII. Change in LGBT health sparked 50 years ago in Philadelphia
by Andrew M. Seaman on the Reu8ters website on July 3, 2015.
An Indian sexual minority community member gestures over a rainbow flag during a Rainbow Pride Walk in Kolkata. (AFP/ Dibyangshu Sarkar)
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXVIII. Atmospheric temperatures rise to record levels as glaciers disintegrate
By Matthew MacEgan on the World Socialist Web Site on July 3, 2015.
The Larsen B ice shelf as compared to Rhode Island. Credit: Robert A. Rohde
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/general-news/ ________________________________________
XXIX. First Comes Sex Talk With These Renegades of Couples Therapy
By Any Sohn in The New York Times on July 1, 2015.
Credit: Lizzy Stewart
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XXX. Transgender Rights, Bangladesh Style
Tahmima Anam in The New York Times on July 2, 2015.
Tahmima Anam – photo
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G. In the MOVIES Category:
XXXI. The Face of an Angel and Danny Collins: A notorious murder trial and an aging musician
By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on July 10, 2015.
The Face of an Angel-photo
To read more please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/movies/
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XXXII. The Wolfpack, Dope: American experiences, oddities
By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on July 3, 2015.
The Wolfpack – photo
To read more please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/movies/
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H. In the MOVIES MONDAY Category:
XXXIII. Terminator Genisys and the trajectory of American “independent” filmmaking
By David Walsh on the World Socialist Web Site on July 8, 2015.
Terminator Genisys – photo
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XXXIV. Movies Monday: Napoleon
a) Napol**on 1927 film on Wikipedia.
b) Napol**on (1927) Review by Adam Roberts on YouTube.
c) Napoleon’s fantastic dream Abel Gance review by the LA Review of Books on YouTube.
d) Napoleon Movie Review by Roger Ebert on the Roger Ebert.com website on February 27, 1981.
to read and view a) to d) please go to
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I. In the MUSIC Category:
XXXV. Theodore Bikel, Guardian of Yiddishkeit, Honored By YIVO
by Marsha Leon on the Daily Forward website on July 1, 2015.
Please read more at http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/music/ _________________________________
XXXVI. Voodoo, a Harlem Renaissance opera, revived in New York
By Fred Mazelis on the World Socialist Web Site on July 2, 2015.
H. Lawrence Freeman-photo
Please read more at http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/music/ _________________________________
J. In the OBITUARIES Category:
XXXVII. Nicholas Winton, Rescuer of 669 Children From Holocaust, Dies at 106
By Robert D. McFadden in The New York Times on July 1, 2015.
A family picture of Nicholas Winton with one of the hundreds of Jewish children whose lives he saved during World War II. PRESS ASSOCIATION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
To read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/obituaries/ ________________________________
K. In the PAPERS Category:
XXXVIII. Where is the Evidence for “Evidence-Based” Therapy?
by Jonathan Shedler.
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XXXIX.Psychoanalysis and the Ideologies of Science
a) Psychoanalysis and the Ideologies of Science by Jon Mills.
This article originally appeared as: Jon Mills Psy.D., Ph.D., C.Psych., ABPP (2015) Psychoanalysis and the Ideologies of Science, Psychoanalytic Inquiry: A Topical Journal for Mental Health Professionals, 35:sup1, 24-44 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
b) The Danger of Ideology by Arnold Richards.
This article originally appeared as: Richards, A.D. (2015). Psychoanalysis in Crisis: The Danger of Ideology. The Psychoanalytic Review 102(3): 389-405 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
Please read a) & b) at http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/papers/ ____________________________________
XL. The Tiger’s Stripe: Some Thoughts on Psychoanalysis, Gnosis, and the Experience of
by Kerry Gordon, Ph.D.
This article originally appeared as: Gordon, K. (2004). The Tiger’s Stripe: Some Thoughts on Psychoanalysis, Gnosis, and the Experience of Wonderment. Contemporary Psychoanalysis 40:5-45 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
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L. In the PHILOSOPHY THURSDAY Category:
XLI. Philosophy Thursday: **mile Benveniste
Emile Benventiste – photo
a)Emile Benveniste on Wikipedia.
b) Emile Benveniste and the Linguistics of Dialogue by Stephane Mose in Revue de metaphysique et de morale 2001/4 (No 32): 509 -525 on the Cairn-info website.
c): Structuralism and linguistics:Emile Benveniste in conversation with Pierre Daix, 1968, translated by Matt Reeck in the Jacket Magazine 35. (more)
to read a) b & c) please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/philosphythursday/ ___________________________________
M. In the PSYCHOLOGY SUNDAY Category:
XLII. Psychology Sunday: Paul Ekman
PaulEkman New photo
a) Paul Ekman on Wikipedia.
b) Paul Ekman Ph.D. on the Psychology Today website.
c) The truth about lying: Do fleeting changes of facial expression show whether someone is telling lies? Psychologist Paul Ekman believes he has the answer, he tells Jon Henley on the Guardian website on May 11, 2009.
to read a),b) & c) please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/psychsunday/ _________________________________________
N. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XLIII.***Stop Almost All Psychiatric Meds to Prevent Harm,*** Expert Says
by Liam Davenport on the MedScape on June 01, 2015.
to read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/science-news/ ______________________________________
XLIV. How a Transparent Fish May Help Decode the Brain
: An outspoken Harvard neuroscientist is tackling the wondrous challenge of understanding the workings of the brain by Ariel Sabar on the Smithsonian.com website on July 8, 2015.
For the first time, Florian Engert and his team mapped every firing neuron in a living animal. (Richard Schultz)
to read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/science-news/ ______________________________________
XLV. There***s a single nerve that connects all of your vital organs *** and it might just be the future of medicine
by Gaia Vince on the Mosaic on June 1, 2015,
to read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/science-news/ ______________________________________
XLVI. New Horizons spacecraft prepares for Pluto flyby
By Bryan Dyne on the World Socialist Web Site on July 8, 2015.
Artist***s conception of the New Horizons spacecraft as it encounters Pluto.
to read please go to
http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/science-news/ ______________________________________
XLVII. The Science Times
The Science Times in The New York Times on July 7, 2015.
to read please go to
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O. In the WRITERS WEDNESDAY Category:
XLVIII. Writer***s Wednesday: Albert Camus
AlbertCamus-photo
a) Albert Camus on Wikipedia.
b) Facing History: Why we love Camus by Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker on April 9, 2012.
Why is Albert Camus Still a Stranger in His Native Algeria? On the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famed novelist, our reporter searches the north African nation for signs of his legacy By Joshua Hammer in the Smithsonian Magazine Comments: Be the first to comment
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http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/category/ww/
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Reaching the end of this week***s posts gives you an ida of the breadth of topics on the website. Please comment on your favorite posts. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde