Tarsila do Amaral. Abaporu, 1928.

Foundations of Psychoanalysis 

Phantasm and Sublimation

Paula Hochman

Saturday, January 24, 2026 • 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

For Freud, sublimation accounts for the fundamental achievements of civilization. It is the destiny of the drive, whose satisfaction is anchored in the social link. We will study the logic of sublimation and its relation to the phantasm, which supports the subject's desire. 

Suggested readings: Freud: Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood (1910); “The Acquisition and Control of Fire” (1931). Lacan: Seminar VII, The Ethics of Psychoanalysis (1959-60) class of Jan. 13, 1960; intervention, “Sur le plaisir et la règle fondamentale,” juin/June 1975, “Lettres de l’École,” no. 24. Vappereau, Jean-Michel: Étoffe. Les surfaces topologiques intrinsèques (1988).

Location: Online via Zoom.

Fee: $50; for students with ID: $20. Registration details to follow.

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Paula Hochman practices psychoanalysis in Buenos Aires. She is a member of Topología en Extensión and is the author of Psicoanálisis del narcisismo y el fantasma. Un método en el laberinto (Logos Kalós, Buenos Aires 2019) and El Coraje de leer y otros ensayos (TEE/L. Álvarez, 2022), which was first published in English translation, as The Courage to Read (TEE/ L. Álvarez, 2021), and later published in Italian and Portuguese.