Psychoanalysis and Philosophy in Berlin
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.
The Lacan guided reading group will take a two week vacation in light of the holidays. We will see each other again on the 8th of January, as usual, at 19h - Stillpoint Spaces, Berlin. This January we will start working on our last topic for the current reading round - the love triangle between… Continue reading Christmas Break for the Lacan Guided Reading Group in Berlin
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 