Dear colleagues,
With the end of summer mark by this Labor Day weekend, many of you are returning back to work next week. On the world stage, there is also a change of pace- politically as evidenced by the conflict regarding poison gas the numerous trials and convictions of ever younger individuals and so on. In our psychoanalytic world we are at a cross road and the topic of who is your friend and your enemy echoes the outside environment. On our international psychoanalytic website, there are also multiple ever changing topics. Of these I have picked out a few which caught my interest, but will list all in the hope that you will browse thru them and chose your own favorites. The following are my choices:
1) Please note in the Announcements that the editors would be pleased to accept your donations in order to provide an ever increasing number of papers, archives, photos and posts of interest to you.
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2) Try to read about and view Lucian Freud’s portraits.
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3) We are of course familiar as psychoanalysts with the message in “Why Mental Health Is Losing Its Soul” by Jeffrey Rubin, PH.D., but I urge you to read this well written article to fully comprehend what is in fact happening to our profession and to society.
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4) Of course to view and read the “I have a dream” speech is a must.
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5) of the number of reviews of very excellent books, I suggest you glance at The Making of a Psychoanalyst. Also, do you remember August by Judith Rossner? – please read the 1983 review.
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6) Whose side was he on?
“Thomas McKittrick, head of the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, was a key go-between for the Axis and the Allies” The more we know, the more we don’t know. Please read in the Business & Finance Category.
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7) Money makes the world go round: Poor people make bad decisions because they are overwhelmed, not stupid. Please read about financial stress in the Business and Finance catgtory
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8) Note in the Science News – a couple of research posts on the effect of stress on the brain – mood and of childhood maltreatment/trauma affecting brain development in adolescence. – further evidence of PTSD symptoms Possibly these experiments may have application to the increase in suicides in the armed forces.
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Below is the list of contents for the week:
A. In the ANNOUNCEMNTS Category:
I. Agency and Surrender in the Analytic Process with Jeremy Safran at AIP
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Jeremy Safran: AGENCY & SURRENDER IN THE ANALYTIC PROCESS
There is a vital dialectic between agency and surrender in life and in the psychoanalytic process. Without an ability to will one cannot choose one***s actions; one becomes a passive victim of circumstances rather than an agent***
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II. Yedies fun YIVO / News from YIVO
Hands-on and Head-first into History: Interview with YIVO Archives Intern Lana Adler
Lana Adler, a recent graduate of Hamilton College, is assisting Acquisitions Archivist Leo Greenbaum in the YIVO Archives. Editor Roberta Newman interviewed her recently about her experiences as an intern. Read more***
From the Pages of Yedies by Roberta Newman
As the end of World War II drew near, attention began to shift to what might immediately follow in the postwar era. While the full magnitude of the destruction of Jewish life in Europe was still beyond the grasp of most observers, it was clear to those who were planning for the future that massive resources would need to be marshaled to care for survivors of Nazi genocide.
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III. Donations to InternationalPsychoanalysis.net
Internationanalpsychoanalysis.net has flourished in a remarkable way since it was launched in January 2007. It has become both an archive and a news source.
One of the serendipitous outgrowths of its presence and has been that we have even more reasons to experience ourselves as a community with a history, elders, anniversaries, anecdotes, a paper trail, photos and relics of our founders *** and evidence of our on-going growth and adaptation to a very changed therapeutic world.
But the growth has outpaced the cottage and one computer.
Are you able to contribute to the cost of our widening scope?
We will use contributions to internationalpsychoanalysis.net to scan and transcribe papers, search archives, find photographs format documents and upload recordings and videos. It is labor intensive and for me a labor of love [but for the helpers, indeed, work].
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IV. Invitation (in Polish) to Eron Rolnik***s lecture at the Polish Psychoanalytic Society
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B. In the ART Category:
V. A Point of View: Grand Central, the world***s loveliest station
Historian David Cannadine charts the fall and rise of the architectural gem in the centre of New York, and a symbol of America***s gilded age on the BBC News Website on February 8, 2013.
Let there be light: Grand Central Station in 1930 (Getty Images).
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VI. Histories Private and Public
Talking with P**ter Forg**cs about Letters to Afar on the Bright Lights Film Journal website.
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VII. Sex and Buildings: Modern Architecture and the Sexual Revolution
by Richard J. Williamson the Times of Higher Education website on August 22, 2013.
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VIII. Lucian Freud at Norton
Portraits of a different sort on the Miami Herald website on July 25, 2013.
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C. In the AUDIO/VIDEO Category:
IX. Why Mental Health Is Losing Its Soul
by Jeffrey Rubin on the TED website with TED video by Eleanor Longden on ***The Voices in My Head*** on August 23rd, 2013.
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X, MLK***s Entire ***I Have a Dream*** Speech, on Its 50th Anniversary
For Your Viewing Pleasure: MLK***s Entire ***I Have a Dream*** Speech, on Its 50th Anniversary By Josh Voorhees on the Slate website on August 28, 2013.
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XI. Alfred Moldovan: Moments of the Movement
on the SoundCloud Mobile website.
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D. In the BOOKS Category:
XII. Review of Steven J. Ellman***s When Theories Touch
Brief review in Oxford Journal of New Books by Dr. Graeme Pedlingham, University of Sussex This follows a section where he reviewed books that dealt with previous analysts,***Bion for example
2. New Explorations in Psychoanalysis: Different Directions Whilst I have made here a distinction between two strands of work published this year based upon their object of discussion, in this section focusing upon works that explore new directions within psychoanalytic discourses, its dissociation from the preceding section is very far from a decisive one. This is evidenced by the firstbook that I turn to, being Steven J. Ellman***s When Theories Touch: A Historical and Theoretical Integration of Psychoanalytic Thought (Karnac Books). This is an extremely ambitious, substantial work, impressive in its ***
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XIII. No Joke by Ruth R Wisse
No Joke by Ruth R Wisse, review. An academic study of Jewish humour is no laughing matter, discovers Alexei Sayle on the Telegraph website on August 17, 2013.
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XIV. The Making of a Psychoanalyst by Charles Strozier
Heinz Kohut, The Making of a Psychoanalyst by Charles Strozier, Reviewed by Douglas Kirsner, in the American Journal of Psychotherapy.
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XV. The Ego and the ***Apex*** Paradox by D. B. Sleeth
The Ego and the ***Apex*** Paradox: Integrating the Structural Theory Of Kernberg***s Self/Object Units and Kohut***s Bipolar Self Part I: The Tripartite Ego by D. B. Sleeth, Ph.D.
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XVI. Guardian first book award 2013 longlist combines sex and psychoanalysis
Guardian first book award 2013 longlist combines sex and psychoanalysis. Stephen Grosz***s The Examined Life goes up against a Facebook thriller and Sex and the Citadel, a study of intimacy in the Arab world, on a varied list of nominees on the Guardian website on August 23, 2013.
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XVII. The Analyst and Her Analysand
Review of August by Judith Rossner, Reviewed by Walter Kendirck in the New York Times on July 24, 1983.
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E. In the BUSINESS AND FINANCE Category:
XVIII. Meet the American Banker Who Helped Hitler Loot Jewish Gold***While Spying for the OSS
Thomas McKittrick, head of the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, was a key go-between for the Axis and the Allies By Adam LeBor on the Tablet website on August 30, 2013.
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F. In the CHINA Category:
XIX. China: Bo Xilai trial by social media
By Kevin Voigt on the CNN website on August 23, 2013.
A screen shows online microblog updates from court for the trial of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai, August 22 in Jinan
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XX. Unmade In China
A Film by Tanner King Barklow & Gil Kofman Press Kit.
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G. In the GENERAL NEWS Category:
XXI. Obama awards soldier Medal of Honor for 2009 heroics
Aamer Madhani on the USA TODAY website on August 26, 2013.
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XXII. Military And Veteran Suicides Rise Despite Aggressive Prevention Efforts
by David Wood on the Huffington Post website on August 29, 2013.
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XXIII. Poor people aren***t stupid; bad decisions are from being overwhelmed, study finds
study finds by Naggie Fox on the In Plain Sight website on August 29, 2013 .
Poorer people make bad decisions, such as using pawn shops to raise cash, according to the study.
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XXIV. Rare Images of the March on Washington, 50 Years Later
By David Rosenberg on The Slate website on August 28, 2013.
Copyright Estate of Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos via Brigitte Freed
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XXV. Issue 11 of Jewish Fiction
Issue 11 on the Jewish Fiction.net website on September 4, 2013 / Rosh Hashana 5774.
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XXVI. Does Media Violence Lead to the Real Thing?
By Vasilis K. Pozios, Praveen R. Kambam and H. Eric Bender in The New York Times on August 23, 2013.
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XXVII. A Different Therapy to Find Greater Happiness
Instead of dredging up unhappy memories, focus on present, future By Elizabeth Bernstein in the Wall Street Journal on August 26, 2013. .
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XXVIII. 15 Amazing Photos from the March on Washington
from the March on Washington on the Daily Beast website.
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XXIX. The Plot for America: Joachim Prinz
a German refugee and influential Newark rabbi, was a Civil Rights leader and confidante of Martin Luther King. But after he denounced Jewish leaders for abandoning the cause, he***s been all but ignored by history By Allan Nadler on The Tablet website on February 25, 2011.]
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XXX. Trying to Inspire a New Generation
by Trip Gabriel in The New York Times on August 24, 2013.
Slide Show | Looking Back on the March on Washington The anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington is less a commemoration, organizers say, than an effort to inject fresh energy into issues of economics and justice
To read more please go to http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/ ___________________________________________________________ XXXI. Witnesses to History, 50 Years Late
in The New York Times on August 23, 2013,
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XXXII. Alfred Moldovan: Moments of the Movement
on the SoundCloud Mobile website.
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XXXIII. Sinister Minds: Are Left-handed People Smarter?
by Maria Konnikova in The New Yorker on August 22, 2013.
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H. In the MUSIC Category:
XXXIV. Bobby ***Blue*** Bland (1930-2013)
An appreciation By Hiram Lee on the World Socialist Web Site on August 27, 2013.
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I. In the OBITUARIES Category:
XXXV. Peter Huttenlocher, Explorer of the Brain, Dies at 82
By William Yardley in The New York Times on August 26, 2013.
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XXXVI. Salee A. Jenkins 1949-2013
Prominent psychoanalyst Salee Ann Jenkins nee Acherbach, PH.D., age 64, passed away on Aug. 12. Beloved wife of Robert, loving mother of Elizabeth (David Levin), Stephen and Rebecca and cherished grandmother of Alexander and Elijah. Salee is also survived by her father, Troy (Jean) and by her brother Alan (Denna) Achenbach. Salee was an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. She was also a training and supervisor analyst and faculty member at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, where she served as co-dean from 2010-2011, chaired committees, and served on its Board of Directors. Salee was a vital part of the growth and inner workings of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. She had an unusual ability to be attuned to and deeply connected with friends, colleagues and especially patients; in her gaze you were important. While fighting an aggressive cancer for the last seven years of her life, Salee continued her commitment to psychoanalytic understanding of the human experience and translate it into a potentially universal perspective in her last paper entitled, ***Trauma, Transience and Resilience: A Psychological Perspective on the Physician-Patient Relationship in Chronic Illness***. A memorial service will be held Oct. 13 at Hammerschmidt Chapel, Elmhurst College, at 1:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials me be given in her name to the Cancer Research Institute, www.cancerresearch.org/salee-jenkins.
Published in Chicago Tribune on August 20, 2013
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J. In the PAPERS Category:
XXXVII. Hellmuth Kaiser Seminar in New Haven 1955
A seminar led by Hellmuth Kaiser, approximately 1955 in the New Haven area. The original tape recording was provided by Dr.Thomas Munson ***
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XXXVIII. Why the Self Is Empty Toward a Historically Situated Psychology by Philip Cushman
Click Here Read: Why the Self Is Empty Toward a Historically Situated Psychology by Philip Cushman.
This article originally appeared as Cushman, Philip: (May 1990). Why the Self Is Empty Toward a Historically Situated Psychology. American Psychologist 45 (5): 599-611 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
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XXXIX. Dis/Eruption: H**l**ne Cixous***s **criture F**minine and the Rhetoric of Material Idealism by Amy S. Crawford
and the Rhetoric of Material Idealism by Amy S. Crawford.Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
This article originally appeared as Crawford, Amy S. (2006). Dis/Eruption: H**l**ne Cixous***s **criture F**minine and the Rhetoric of Material Idealism Feminismo/s, 7, junio pp. 41-56 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
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XL. Transference and Negotiation: Sabina Berman Plots Dora and Freud by Amalia Gladhar
This paper originally appeared as Gladhart, Amalia (2009). ***Transference and Negotiation: Sabina Berman Plots Dora and Freud.*** Trans/Acting: Latin American and Latino Performing Arts. Ed. Jacqueline E. Bixler and Laurietz Seda. Lewisburg: Bucknell UP, 125-42 and appears here with all requisite rights and permissions.
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XLI. The Enduring Signi***cance of Psychoanalytic Theory and Practice
Powerpoint by Gregory Lowder, James Hansell, & Nancy McWilliams.
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K. In the PHILOSOPHY Thursday Category:
XLII. Philosophy Thursday: Saul Kripke and Henri Bergson
Thursday, August 29th, 2013
a) ***What Is I?*** By Charles McGrath in The New York Times on January 28, 2006.
b) Kripke: ***Naming and Necessity*** by Marc Cohen.
c) Henri Bergson on the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy website, First published Tue May 18, 2004; substantive revision Wed May 8, 2013.
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L. In the PHOTOGRAPHY Category:
XLIII. Photos from The IPA 2013 Prague Congress By Arnold Richards and Anita Weinreb Katz
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M. In the PLAYS Category:
XLIV. So Freud and Mahler Walk Into A Cafe
by Gabriela Geselowitz On The Jewish Week website on August 3, 2013.
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XLV. Elizabeth Jasicki and Ezra Barnes in ***Final Analysis*** Photo by Joan Marcus
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XLVI. ***Final Analysis*** at the Pershing Square Signature Center
Michael Satow as Ludwig Wittgenstein and Elizabeth Jasicki as Alma Mahler
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N. In the SCIENCE NEWS Category:
XLVII. Childhood Maltreatment and Psychopathology Affect Brain Development During Adolescence
by Sarah Whittle, Ph.D. , Meg Dennison, Ph.D., Julian G. Simmons, Ph.D., Murat Y**cel, Ph.D., Dan I. Lubman, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., Christos Pantelis, M.D., M.R.C.Psych., F.R.A.N.Z.C.P., and Nicholas B. Allen, Ph.D. in The Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Volume 52, Issue 9 , p.. 940-952.e1 July 01, 2013. This article is available for purchase on this site.
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XLVIII. Warning: this article involves brain-to-brain interfacing
Remote control by brain is a good internet trick, not a scientific breakthrough. But neuroscience***s real frontiers truly are exciting by Anil Seth on the guardian.com website on August 28, 2013.
Using this information to evoke a movement in another person is rather trivial *** the same signal could have been used to turn on the Blackpool Illuminations (above).*** Photograph: Chris Warren/Alamy
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XLIX. Long-Term Memory Stored in the Cortex
on the Science Daily website on August 27, 2013.
Memories (red) for associating (or linking) two different sensations are formed in the cortex (tone in blue and touch in yellow). (Credit: MPI f. Medical Research/Splettstoesser)
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L. Immune response to stress ***has effect on mood***
on the Medical News Website on August 24, 2013.
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LI. 2001-2010 had the warmest temperatures globally
By Justin Knowels on the World Socialist Web Site on August 24, 2013.
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LII. Three Ways to Consider Psychoanalysis in Understanding of Science
by Kristina Kangas on the Berkeley Science Review website on August 23, 2013.
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This concludes the week’s menu on the website and I hope provides you with much thought provoking material. Please write your comments on the website. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted by
Sasha Rolde