Confusion of Tongues: A Return to Sandor Ferenczi
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (824 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1782205721 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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In addition, he is Secretary for Colombia of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR). He has worked with Colombian soldiers and police officers who fought in war zones, as well as with other persons with psychological difficulties derived from the armed conflict. He has taught in different universities in Colombia and Argentina and worked as a clinician in different mental health institutions in both countries. He is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (AMP) and the New Lacanian School (NEL). He is member of the Interdisciplinary study group of Peace and Conflict (JANUS) at the Universidad del Rosario. He is the author of various publications in indexed journals on issues related to trauma, art and mental illness, and psychosocial interventions in armed conflic
Sandor Ferenczi, Sigmund Freud’s brilliant pupil as well as an innovative psychoanalyst, was silenced by various generations of his contemporaries until, in the past decades, his work began to be rediscovered. The result is a unique insight into Ferenczi’s “confusion of tongues,” a novel concept that can help us to understand contemporary trauma.. These issues are raised against the backdrop of captivating figures like Jacques Lacan, Emmanuel Lévinas, Giorgio Agamben, Derrida, Nietzsche, and Primo Levi, among others. Among the subjects covered, the book delves into the vulnerability of children and Ferenczi’s never-ending search for a cure, the complex issue of war trauma and, more specifically, his anticipatory work in understanding the effects on the human psyche of the horrific experiences in concentration camps during World War II. Certain aspects of his trauma theory, in fact, had never been thoroughly addressed, particularly the connection he made between trauma and language.Miguel Gutiérrez-Peláez offers a new reading of Ferenczi by proposing a dialogue between the Hungarian psychoanalyst’s work, philosophy, and contemporary psychoanalysis
Dr Gutiérrez-Peláez is a psychologist from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) and obtained his MA in Psyschoanalysis and PhD in Psychology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). He is member of the Interdisciplinary study group of Peace and Conflict (JANUS) at the Universidad del Rosario. He is the author of various publications in in