On Bullying: A Psychoanalytic Reflection with Alba Flesler at Après-Coup

By Tamar SchwartzJune 16, 2018July 9, 2018 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association presents Psychoanalytic Association presents WORKSHOP ON CHILD ANALYSIS: On Bullying: A Psychoanalytic Reflection with Alba Flesler Saturday, June 23, 2018 10:30 am – 2:00 pm The School of Visual Arts 136 West 21st Street, New York, NY

What does the current phenomenon of bullying tell us about the symptoms and jouissances of wider forms of violence? Drawing on clinical material, we will question the causes of human violence in general and of bullying in particular, reflecting on why it occurs primarily in the school.

The Subject of Politics with Isidoro Vegh at Après-Coup

By Tamar SchwartzJune 16, 2018July 9, 2018 EVENTS, Psychoanalysis

Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association presents FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS : The Subject of Politics Isidoro Vegh Friday, June 22, 2018 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm The School of Visual Arts 136 West 21st Street, New York, NY
Lacan stated that “the unconscious is the political” and that “the symptom establishes the order whereby our politics is revealed.” What is politics for psychoanalysts?
Suggested Readings: Lacan: Seminars XIV, The Logic of the Phantasm, 1966-67, May 10, 1967; XV, The Analytic Act, 1967-68, Feb. 7, 1968; XVII, The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, 1969-70, Feb. 11, 1970; XVIII, For a Discourse Probably Not on Semblance, 1971, April 2, 1971.

Isidoro Vegh is a psychoanalyst practicing in Buenos Aires, a founding member of the Escuela Freudiana de Buenos Aires, an Après-Coup faculty Continue reading The Subject of Politics with Isidoro Vegh at Après-Coup

APsaA Work on Separation of Families at the US Border

By Tamar SchwartzJune 16, 2018July 9, 2018 Psychoanalysis 1 Comment

Apropos advocacy re child separation at the border – this is what APSaA has done:

These efforts included:

Contacting several members of congress who are currently working on legislation to end this policy: Senator Diane Feinstein, Senator Cory Booker, Senator Jeff Merkley to name a few. You can read our letter here.
Garnering media coverage such as this letter-to-the-editor by incoming president Lee Jaffe in the Los Angeles Times, this article published on Mic.com.
APsaA has also signed on to this petition started by Dana Sinopoli with PsiAN and encourage you to sign on as individuals as well.

How artists use myth to explore the darker side of human nature

By Tamar SchwartzJune 16, 2018July 9, 2018 Arts

Demeter mourning Persephone (Evelyn de Morgan, 1906). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Click Here to Read: How artists use myth to explore the darker side of human nature by James Cahill on the CNN Style website on June 11, 2018.

Feminist scholars argue a Title IX case is unfair—when a woman is under investigation

By Tamar SchwartzJune 14, 2018July 9, 2018 Politics

Senator Birch Bayh exercises with Title IX athletes at Purdue University, ca. 1970s. Photo: Birch Bayh Senate Office. Public Domainvia Wikimedia Commons

Click Here to Read: Feminist scholars argue a Title IX case is unfair—when a woman is under investigation by Olivia Goldhill on the Quartz website on June 12, 2018.

The Changes and Challenges of Fatherhood

By Tamar SchwartzJune 14, 2018July 9, 2018 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: The Changes and Challenges of Fatherhood: Coping with the psychological and physiological shifts of fatherhood By Chuck Schaeffer, Ph.D. on the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Psychoanalysis Unplugged Blog on the Psychology Today blogs on June 14, 2018.

Footage of child slaves as young as five doing hard labour in North Korea

By Tamar SchwartzJune 13, 2018July 9, 2018 Uncategorized

Click Here to Read and View: Footage of child slaves as young as five doing hard labour in North Korea: YOUNG boys and girls who should be at school or playing with friends have been captured on video doing forced labour by Megan Palin on the News.com.au website.