Lacanian Psychoanalysis in Berlin
This January, I am delighted and honored to host Peter Jansson in Berlin. Over three events, we will explore cinema, psychoanalysis, and philosophy through a shared question. What can film show us when words fail. In this small series we will move from clinical practice, to theory, to an open public encounter with film. No… Continue reading Cinema, Silence, and the Real. Three Events with Peter Jansson in Berlin
In analytic work one often encounters subjects who speak with ease. They reflect, explain, analyse, and articulate their condition with clarity. They can recount their history, describe their relations to others, and situate their difficulties within family, society, or their cultural context. At first sight, this capacity for speech may appear aligned with the aims… Continue reading When Reflection Does Not Implicate
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
Wherever we look around us - especially while in a morose and misanthropic mood - we see "relationships". Now, strictly philosophically speaking, a "relationship" is a concept designating an element which mediates between two things. Accordingly, we can propose, for example, that there is a "relation of proximity" between me and my cat right at this moment, or a "relation… Continue reading “There is no sexual relationship”
Leon Brenner 