Après-Coup PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION
Friday, May 2, 2014, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
THE QUESTION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC TECHNIQUE, Foundations of Psychoanalysis with ALAIN VANIER
Given Freud’s insistence on psychoanalytic technique, how are we to understand Lacan’s rejection of that term, and the various alternatives he suggests for it: ethics, savoir-faire, etc.?
SUGGESTED READINGS: Freud, “Papers on Technique” (1911-1915), SE, XII. Lacan, Seminar I, Freud’s Papers on Technique, 1953/54. Martin Heidegger, “The Question Concerning Technology.” A. Vanier, Lacan (Other Press).
MEETING PLACE: The School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21st Street (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), New York City. Please ask at the front desk for the room number.
ATTENDANCE FEE: $20; For students with ID: $10.
Attendance is free for all members of Après-Coup as well as for the faculty and students of the School of Visual Arts.