AGAINST EVERYONE SALON 32: LACANIAN ANALYSIS - Saturday, October 30 at 9AM PST/12PM EST/5PM Dublin (Patreon)

Friends,

THIS POST IS FOR ALL PATRONS BUT ONLY PATRONS AT THE $10 TIER AND UP GET ACCESS TO THE SALON. WANT TO PARTICIPATE? SIGN UP OR BOOST YOUR PLEDGE HERE AND YOU'LL GET THE LINK TO ACCESS THE MEETING AND JOIN US ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 30. 

Friends,

Do you need therapy? What a question; we probably all need it. But how does it work, and what sorts of therapies - and what aspects of those therapies - are valuable?

The work of psychoanalyst and philosopher Jaques Lacan stands head and shoulders above most other therapies around the world, since he effectively resuscitated Freud's work. More recently, Lacan has been namechecked by big name philosophers like Slavoj Žižek and scores of queer theorists. This has lef to Lacan becoming more influential as a cultural theorist than a psychoanalyst

So - philosophy aside - does Lacanian analysis work? Is it useful? Well... sort of? I did four years of Lacanian analysis and I'm looking forward to sharing some of what I've learned about it with you. And also breaking its most valuable aspects down into an understandable framework.

So! Let's lie on our backs and stare at the ceiling and talk to each other.

Here's how it works:

1. Before the salon, if you want, listen to AEWCH 167 

2. 72-24 hours before the salon, I'll post a link you TO SIGN IN to the salon. Log in a few minutes before our start time of 9AM Pacific. PLEASE NOTE THE TIME IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR USUAL SALON TIME.

3. For those who haven't been to a chat before: I'll be talking for a bit in the beginning, and then I'll open it up to discussion. When I do, you'll bring your own thoughts to bear; on what I say, on what others in the room say, on your own thoughts before we started. And think of it this way: you'll be the first person to talk. You might not be, but if you are, what will you have to say?

4. Remember: we work through the principle of RESONANCE. That means you when we talk about the texts and with each other, we say what is interesting to us, or what something makes us think, what directions it sends us in. We don't talk about what we disagree with, either with each other or with the text. This isn't to get you to agree with everything, but instead to see what productive conversations are generated from a restriction that involves perpetually keeping curiosity and good will in the conversation. Also please do follow the urge to contribute if you have it and to interact with what the community members say, not only me; in other words, talk with and to everyone in the room!

See you soon friends!
XO
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