Saturday, December 10, 2022
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
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Via Zoom and In-Person (School of Visual Arts, 133 W. 21st Street, Room 403C, New York, NY)

From 20th-century racist totalitarianism to 21st-century religious fundamentalism, fanaticism has been one of the gravest of our age's social ills; has psychoanalysis paid it adequate attention? Largely through Lacan's theory, we will examine the structural underpinnings of fanatical discourse and the personalities that embrace it. In the process, we will explore the function of the “Cain complex.”

Suggested Readings Freud: Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (1921), The Ego and the Id (1923). Lacan: Le Séminaire. Livre XXI. Les Non-dupes errent, 1973-74 (for the formulas of sexuation). Arendt, Hannah: The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951); Girard, René: Violence and the Sacred (1972). Haddad, Gérard: Dans la main droite de Dieu: psychanalyse du fanatisme (2015).

Gérard Haddad is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing in Paris. His theoretical work focuses on the study of religion in the light of psychoanalysis. His books include Les folies millénaristes, Le jour où Lacan m’a adopté, Freud en Italie, À l'origine de la violence: d'Oedipe à Cain, un erreur de Freud, and, in English translation, Eating the Book: Dietary Rites and Paternal Function.

Fee: $40; for students with ID: $10. For Members, AFs, and Yearly Participants of Après-Coup: No fee

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.
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).

Licensed Psychoanalysts: Après-Coup Psychoanalytic Association is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Licensed Psychoanalysts as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychoanalysts (#P-0044).

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:
1. Recognize the function religious fundamentalism has on fanaticism.
2. Identify the relation between fanatical discourse and the personalities that embrace it.
3. Articulate the function of the "Cain Complex."

For annual fee members of Après-Coup as well as for the faculty and students of the School of Visual Arts, attendance is free—use access code during the checkout process. Need access code? Email admin@apres-coup.org to request.