I extend a warm invitation to join my five-part seminar with Parrhesia Berlin taking place in-person and online every week on Wednesdays at 7pm, starting this week.
5 Wednesdays – October 18, 25, November 1, 8, 15, 7- 9 pm
Where: Gerichtstrasse 45, 13347 Berlin-Wedding or Zoom.
Jacques Lacan, a luminary in the realm of psychoanalysis, has notably shifted the conception of the psychoanalytic act within psychoanalytic thought. Attempting to provide an alternative to the conventional authoritarian and pedagogical trajectory in psychoanalysis, in his seminal work, “The Direction of the Treatment and the Principles of its Power”, Lacan shed light on his triad of the psychoanalytic act, namely its tactics, strategy, and politics – pertaining to interpretations, transference, and the analyst’s desire respectively. These have been incorporated in his further teaching and have formed what today is known as the Lacanian psychoanalytic orientation. This seminar is a journey into the intricacies of Lacan’s elucidation of the psychoanalytic act, designed in five meticulous sessions. Each session offers a unique vantage point, dissecting contemporary Lacanian approaches to psychoanalysis. The seminar is an opportunity to delve into Lacan’s theory but also to engage with more “clinical” features in the work of Lacanian analysts today.
1. First Session: Who is an analyst?
2. Second Session: Subjective Rectification vs Adaptation to Reality
3. Third Session: Strategy – Handling the Transference
4. Fourth Session: Tactics – Interpretations
5. Fifth Session: Politics – The Desire of the Analyst
Participants are encouraged to immerse themselves in this rigorous exploration to gain a nuanced understanding of Lacan’s revolutionary approaches to psychoanalytic praxis. No prior knowledge about Lacan’s teaching is required.
Leon Brenner 