Gustav Klimt, The Maiden, 1913, oil on canvas, National Gallery in Prague
FOUNDATIONS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS
Singular Femininity:
The All and the Not-All
Gisèle Chaboudez
Saturday, November 12, 2022 • 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM ET via Zoom
In the 1970s, Lacan posited that a phallic logic — an age-old discursive logic supported by the law, which Freud deciphered and largely shared — could not account for femininity in its entirety. Fifty years on, Lacan's innovative logic of the feminine as “not-whole” remains little known or used, despite the obvious fact that social changes in the redistribution of functions between the sexes shows it to be strongly at work in today's society. This workshop will explore the relevance of Lacan’s logic.
Suggested readings: Freud: “Analysis Terminable and Interminable” (1937), for the “biological bedrock of human life.” Lacan: Le Seminaire. Livre XXIII. Le Sinthome, 1975-76 (class 1, p. 13, éd. Seuil, 2005), for language as invented by women; “Conférence à Genève sur le symptôme,” 4 oct. 1975, reprinted in La cause du désir, vol. 95, no. 1, 2017, pp. 7-24 (English translations on internet as “Geneva Lecture on the Symptom"). Chaboudez, Gisèle: Que peut-on savoir sur le sexe?: un rapport sans univers (2017).
Gisèle Chaboudez is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing in Paris. Formed by Jacques Lacan, she has been a director of medico-psychological centers and taught at Université Paris VIII. She is editor-in-chief of the magazine Figures de la psychanalyse and vice-president of Espace Analytique, where she teaches. Her books include Rapport sexuel et rapport des sexes (2004), Ce qui noue le corps au langage (2019), L'équation des rêves (2019) and What Can We Know about Sex? A Lacanian Study about Sex and Gender (Routledge 2022).
General fee: $40 per session; students with ID*: $10 per session
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Continuing Education
Four (4) CE credits will be granted to Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Psychoanalysts, and Licensed Psychologists who have registered, have documented evidence of attendance of the presentation, and complete the evaluation form. Upon completion of the evaluation form, a Certificate of Completion will be emailed to all participants who comply with these requirements.
Course Fee with 4 CE Credits: $40
There is no fee for CE Credits for Members, AFs, and Yearly Participants of Après-Coup.
Social Workers: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (#SW-0597).
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Licensed Psychologists: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychologists as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists (#PSY-0077).
Learning Objectives: After this presentation, participants will be able to:
Describe how Freud’s adherence to a phallic logic impacted his concept of human sexuality.
Articulate Lacan’s logic of some feminine positions as “not whole.”
Identify the ways that this logic is reflected in current social trends.
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