Psychoanalysis

Nothing LeBron James accomplishes now will dampen from what he did here

Edit The Miami Herald 28 May 2016

Of all the irritations of the Heat’s bombastic, breathtaking, bygone Big 3 Era, one rivaled any other in annoyance. the endlessly embarrassing psychoanalysis. It never seemed to cease, the cacophony of definitive diagnoses of LeBron James’ head as well as the Heat fan’s heart, from a collection of carnival barkers, click-baiters and sofa spuds who knew little about South Florida. So I apologize for what I’m about to do. analyze you ... Yes....

Hillary Clinton's two-for-one deal may be a free goal to Donald Trump's campaign

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 28 May 2016

Suddenly it was Clintons - plural. Instead of just the wife Hillary as a candidate, husband Bill is a bonus and Americans are being offered a deal – buy one Clinton and the Democrats will throw in one more at no charge ... Advertisement ... So, I have some questions ... In some quarters, much of this campaign's psychoanalysis of the candidates will be seen as politically incorrect, like this offering from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd . ... ....

Reading between the gestures

Edit The Hindu 27 May 2016

It is strange that the media, involved in reporting events and forming public opinion, hasn’t explored the possibility of taking advantage of this aspect of psychology ... While this may be a pittance when compared to what countries spend on key budgetary elements such as Defence or Education, it nonetheless shows an intent to invest in the study of behavioural psychoanalysis ... ....

David Livingstone Smith presents at Analytical Philosophy and Clinical Psychoanalysis conference (University of New England)

Edit Public Technologies 26 May 2016

Psychoanalytic Ideology and Clinical Oppression' at an international conference on Analytical Philosophy and Clinical Psychoanalysis, which was sponsored by the Department of Philosophy at Indiana University....

Paperbacks

Edit The Charlotte Observer 26 May 2016

Corruption In America. From Benjamin Franklin’s Snuff Box To Citizens United by Zephyr Teachout. (Harvard University) The founding fathers were deeply concerned with the threat corruption posed to their emergent government ... I Refuse by Per Petterson ... Barbarian Days ... (Yale University) Phillips, a pre-eminent scholar of psychoanalysis, guides readers through the beliefs and theories that underpin Sigmund Freud’s contributions to the field....

Jose Mourinho, the most hated man in football, is back at the top. Here's what ...

Edit The Independent 24 May 2016

While the next Premier League season promises to be unusually riveting for followers of football, it may be even more so for students of psychoanalysis ... ....

Psychoanalysts say the truth doesn’t really matter in therapy

Edit Quartz 22 May 2016

Although psychoanalysis aims to uncover the “true” self, its methods rely heavily on personal memory and subjective experience, neither of which are accurate objective measures of reality....

New direction to psychology studies

Edit The Hindu 22 May 2016

... attempt in India to redefine and provide a new direction to the disciplinary orientation of psychology.” It is interdisciplinary and steeped in the “richness of human subjectivity.” It draws from literature on an array of streams — psychoanalysis, feminism, linguistic anthropology, aesthetics and sociology, to name a few....

20 May 2016 Art historian Barbara Baert wins prestigious Francqui Prize (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Edit Public Technologies 20 May 2016

(Source. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). This year's Francqui Prize, often dubbed the Belgian Nobel Prize, goes to professor of iconology Barbara Baert. With the prize, the jury recognizes Barbara Baert's bold approach to and pioneering work in medieval visual culture and the worship of relics ... She's always in dialogue with other disciplines, ranging from literary studies, philosophy, and anthropology to even psychoanalysis ... (noodl....

Melbourne artist filmed having sex with stranger in 'rape representation'

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 18 May 2016

Warning – this story contains material that may distress some readers. His large, veiny hand forcefully pushes her face down to the side, his thumb pressed hard into her cheek. The screen then flashes to black ... Advertisement ... The shame is hers, not the man's ... The Victoria College of the Arts alumni spent two years preparing for the work reading feminist theory and discussing its possible implications on her during psychoanalysis ... ....

Martin Creed: 'I keep hair. And I'm afraid of cheese'

Edit The Guardian 18 May 2016

In an exclusive preview of his new show, Turner winner Martin Creed gives us a guided tour of the old cars, smashed chairs and plastic bags from under his fridge that make up his new show. @SearleAdrian ... He could be a businessman out on his lunch break on a spring day ... More than a look, it is a thing ... The video is joyous ... Churches.” Creed has been in psychoanalysis for more than 20 years, and his girlfriend, Anouchka Grose, is an analyst....

the politics of childbirth

Edit New Statesman 17 May 2016

Women are encouraged to fight over the "best" way to give birth - but it's just another way to fracture any potential for female solidarity ... Birth is divisive ... You are on your own, inaccessible ... Religion after religion after religion, philosophy, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, postmodernism – we are inundated with narratives that tell us that well, actually the male is the default, the original being, the source of all human consciousness....

Literature based movies for 1920s Jazz Age, post WWI American history lessons

Edit The Examiner 16 May 2016

Veterans Day remembers military worldwide who gave the last full measure in World War One. It's been said that WWI very nearly obliterated an entire generation. WWI, though relatively short for America, certainly took its toll on Americans in a succession of problems. Here are literature based movies to teach post WWI American history lessons ... Even in medicine, Freudian psychoanalysis sought to exorcise demons of Victorian repression ... F ... ....