Populism Roundtable online with the Helix Center

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 11, 2021February 11, 2021 EVENTS

DUE TO COVID-19 THIS ROUNDTABLE WILL BE VIRTUAL WEBINAR STARTS 12:00PM EST ON 2/20 C LICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR SPOT IN ZOOM AUDIENCE (LIMITED SPOTS) OR CLICK HERE FOR STREAM (UNLIMITED ACCESS)

Populism: Saturday 12:00 PM EST 20 February 2021
“Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.”
– James Madison, Federalist Paper No. 10

Populism refers to the political mobilization of “the people” against a perceived elite caste of professional politicians. And whereas a corps of elected representatives was Madison’s and Hamilton’s buffer against the tyranny of factions, from time to time the political class may come to be viewed as insufficiently attentive to the needs of their constituents and then become the target and nidus that creates a populist Continue reading Populism Roundtable online with the Helix Center

Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Film

Click Here to Read: Frederick Wiseman’s ‘City Hall’: Some institutions insist on their own particularity and can reveal deeper truths, while others succumb to cruelty and inertia. With a special shout-out to the ‘Paris Review.’ BY Sean Cooper on the Tablet website on January 26, 2021.

Pet Set: These seniors are enjoying a rich final chapter with their owners

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 10, 2021February 10, 2021 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: Pet Set: These seniors are enjoying a rich final chapter with their owners by Paulette Cooper Noble in the Palm Beach Daily News on January 25, 2020.
A very old Beagle dog, 15 years and a half. Image: Tsaag Valren Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Scientists find the root cause of alcoholism

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: Scientists find the root cause of alcoholism By Knowridge on the NewsBreak Website.
Inage: MarcoMontero93 Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

No use in shouting

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Psychoanalysis, Science

Click Here to Read: No use in shouting by Gabriela Goldberg in Science 15 Jan 2021: Vol. 371, Issue 6526, pp. 314 DOI: 10.1126/science.371.6526.314
Image: PublicDomainPictures Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021 Science

Click Here to Read: As Covid-19 Vaccines Raise Hope, Cold Reality Dawns That Illness Is Likely Here to Stay: Ease of transmission, new strains, limits of vaccination programs all mean Covid-19 will be around for years—and a big business By Daniela Hernandez and Drew Hinshaw in the Wall Street Journal on February 7, 2021. Image: https://www.scientificanimations.com

The Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real Body with Erik Porge online with Après-Coup

By Tamar SchwartzFebruary 9, 2021February 9, 2021 EVENTS

WORKSHOP The Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real Body Erik Porge Saturday, February 20, 2021 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM (EST)
2020 has been a moment of truth for analysts, too. The pandemic and State health regulations related to it had an impact on the practice of psychoanalysis, unveiling confusions and misunderstandings on the part of the analysts themselves. Psychoanalysis is based on the subjective presence in the treatment, where the relation between speech and body weaves together life, death, sexuality, i.e. the drives and their vicissitudes. Presence allows for the psychoanalytic act to take place and for the treatment to unfold. The issues of “cure” in analysis Continue reading The Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real Body with Erik Porge online with Après-Coup