THE LETTER 15 (Spring 1999) pages 125-137 There is a presupposition in the term ‘false memory syndrome’ that there are memories that are true and memories that are false; that a false memory is something fabricated and that it therefore … Continue reading
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THE LETTER 30 (Spring 2004) pages 31-43 …I recommend to those who want to hold the position of the analyst with what that involves in terms of knowledge not to run away from it, to bring themselves up to date … Continue reading
THE LETTER 31 (Summer 2004) pages 67-78 What follows is the text of a talk presented at the sixth annual conference of the Affiliated Psychoanalytic Workgroups held in Omaha, Nebraska in September 2004. The APW began several years ago with … Continue reading
THE LETTER 36 (Spring 2006) pages 20-27 Lacan was always concerned with what was distinctive about psychoanalysis, with what is new with psychoanalysis, and why it is justifiable to speak of the Freudian discovery. This concern occupied him no less … Continue reading
The Letter No57 (Autumn 2014) pages 41-45 ἐπιμέλεια ἑαυτοῦ, (epimeleia heautou) This phrase was brought to prominence in the work of Michel Foucault and is usually translated into English as ‘care of/for the self’. This translation is, arguably, misleading in an … Continue reading
THE LETTER 38 (Autumn 2006) pages 91-104 Today we are marking the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud. Why? Because he founded a new clinical practice, named psychoanalysis. His radical step, which he himself described, … Continue reading