Psychoanalysis and Philosophy in Berlin
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 