Psychoanalysis and Philosophy in Berlin
Join us for a reading seminar of Lacan's seminar on transference-love. I will be giving a seminar for the lovely Perrhesia School of Philosophy in Berlin. Starts: 13 May - ends 10 June (5 Tuesdays) Where: Golda Books and more, Anklamer Strasse 39, 10115 Berlin and online via Zoom Time: 7 - 9 pm CET Course description:Plato’s Symposium is… Continue reading Love is Giving What You Do Not Have: A Lacanian Reading of Plato’s Symposium
Lacan reminds us: love is not necessarily mutual. In analysis, it is the patient who loves, and the analyst who listens. This non-reciprocal love—far from being cold—is what makes psychoanalysis possible. Only by refusing to mirror love can the analyst help transform it, rather than dissolve it.
Babies and cats are spoiled and selfish creatures. That is why, whenever I am faced with my cat's selfish narcissistic tendencies, I ask myself - "can these creatures even have the capacity to love?" Faced with this predicament, while taking into account that babies and cats are also quite silly creatures, I find myself truly doubting… Continue reading Demand (minus – ) Need (equals = ) Desire
Leon Brenner 