Mental illness, creativity, reality vs. fantasy; transgender, euthanasia,meaning of life from Sasha Rolde

Dear Colleagues:

Last week I wrote you in slightly blissful ignorance of the outside world, but reality certainly came crashing down on all of us this week with the mass killing of 9 In Historic Black Church In Charleston, South Carolina. I am in agreement with president Obama when he announces that he will not accept this as the new status quo and “yet another mass killing,”  which he says does not happen in other civilized countries and with this type of frequency, Complacency and acceptance does not solve the problem. I therefore turn to all of us and to the posts on our website to make some sense of what is happening and why the violence in this country. However, I also believe that violence in all parts of the world is on the rise or at least more visible – as evidenced in the middle east and various occurrences in Europe – e.g. France. Is it overpopulation, envy, greed, thirst for power, intense poverty, global warming to name just a few***. ? Please comment on the website. I am a firm believer that insight can lead to rational solutions to a problem and of all professional disciplines, we most certainly should be able to have Continue reading Mental illness, creativity, reality vs. fantasy; transgender, euthanasia,meaning of life from Sasha Rolde

Please Be Disturbed: Triggering Can Be Good for You, Kids.

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Click Here to Read: Please Be Disturbed: Triggering Can Be Good for You, Kids. Brutalities cry for attention. Attention to the appalling causes disturbance. Deal with it. You’re at school to be disturbed. by Todd Gitlin on The Tablet Website on March 13, 2015.

Photo illustration: Tablet Magazine; background photo: Triumph of the Will (1935) via YouTube; foreground photo: Shutterstock)

 

Save the Date: “The Courage to Fight Violence Against Women” in Washington, DC

Save the Date: “The Courage to Fight Violence Against Women”
Weekend Conference, March 4 – 5, 2016, Friday evening through Saturday evening, Reception: Saturday evening
Location: American University Katzen Arts Center

Sponsored By:
The International Psychoanalytical Association Committee of Women and Psychoanalysis (COWAP)
The American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center
The Contemporary Freudian Society
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APA woes, internet addiction, Marg.Atwood, Pluto, HIPA from Sasha Rolde

Dear Colleagues,

On the eve of the IPA Congress in Boston, I know that you are preparing yourselves for the trip and may not have the time to read all the posts on the international psychoanalytic website this weekend, so please bring your laptops and read while you are en route or here. We hope that the richness of the website will supplement your experience at the meetings. Historic events are occurring around the globe with Iran, Greece, China and in the USA where the president is visiting prisons. Change is in the air. Be part of it.

My choices on the website are:

1) Apparently joining the list of otherwise famous with Heidegger is the architect
Le Corbusier as a Fascist. Obviously one’s talents do not necessarily coincide with one’s political ideology.
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