Medusa Recapit(ul)ated: Freud, Female Genitalia and the “Cunt-roversy” at CUPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 19 - Trang 113-126 - 2014
Paul Gordon
This paper revisits Freud's famous posthumous essay on "Medusa's Head" in light
of a recent "cunt-roversy" at the University of Colorado, Boulder, where a
scandal erupted involving the remark made in deposition by the female President
of the University (during an allegation against the university) that defended
the "c-word" as neither "vile" nor "disgusting." In exploring the reasons behind
this "... hiện toàn bộ
Equation, moralization and denialPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 28 - Trang 109-115 - 2022
Igor Romanov
In this essay I offer in vivo meditations on the war in Ukraine both as a
citizen witness and psychoanalyst, and I offer thoughts on how psychoanalysts
might play a role during the current war and in the future in assisting Ukraine
to survive and learn from the experience.
Psychoanalysis, Modernity, Postmodernism: Theorizing for a New EraPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 9 - Trang 63-73 - 2004
Anthony Elliott
The paper develops a polemical and combative critique of psychoanalysis, as
theory and as therapy, in terms of the ideas of modernity and postmodernity. The
author paints a vivid theoretical fresco of the political deadlocks of our
contemporary confessional culture, pitting psychoanalytic against constructivist
approaches. An assessment of the dialogue between psychoanalysis and
postmodernism is t... hiện toàn bộ
The multiple traumas of Hurricane Katrina as witnessed by a psychoanalytic first responderPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 18 - Trang 153-166 - 2013
Laurel Bass Wagner
The most disadvantaged New Orleans residents were stranded in the city when the
levees broke in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The author, a psychoanalytic
clinician, encountered some of these victims as a first responder in the Red
Cross shelters in Dallas, TX. Psychological first aid in such situations
involves shoring up defenses and promoting resilience. Clinical and
organizational vignettes d... hiện toàn bộ
You can’t handle my truth: Reality TV’s trompe-l’oeil effect and the (im)possible reality of its participantsPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 18 - Trang 295-312 - 2013
Hugh Curnutt
Although reality TV’s presentation of authenticity has been contested since the
genre emerged at the turn of the century, discourse dedicated to debunking its
halfhearted claim to the real continues to persist. This article adopts a
psychoanalytic framework to explain this compulsion in the context of a broader
ideological disposition that finds enjoyment in the detection of artifice. To do
this, ... hiện toàn bộ
Introduction: Psychoanalysis, sexualities and networked mediaPsychoanalysis, Culture & Society - Tập 26 - Trang 153-164 - 2021
Jacob Johanssen
This short introduction provides an overview of the role of sexualities within
psychoanalysis and contemporary networked media and digital technology. It then
introduces the articles of this special issue and outlines how psychoanalytic
enquiries into digital sexualities constitute an exciting new area.