Seminar: On the Moldable Body of the Ousia

On the 6th of June 2020, the School of the Freudian Letter is hosting Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Petros Patounas, in presenting the seminar, “On the Moldable Body of the Ousia.” This seminar is part of the series, “On the Ousia of the Dark Matter of Lunguage.” This seminar will be delivered...

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Seminar: The Skeleton Soma and a Few other Bodies

  On the 9th of May 2020, the School of the Freudian Letter is hosting Lacanian Psychoanalyst, Petros Patounas, in presenting the seminar, “The Skeleton Soma and a Few other Bodies.” This seminar is part of the series, “On the Ousia of the Dark Matter of Lunguage.” Lacan mentioned the mummified body...

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Interpretation today: Jouissance, the body and lalangue

On Saturday, 14th of March 2020 we will be having a two-part Seminar/Discussion, presented by Lacanian Psychoanalyst Francine Danniau from Ghent, Belgium. ABSTRACT: How to interpret with the latest teachings of Lacan? The introduction to Joyce’s Finnegans Wake opens up to illustrations of the relation between speech and writing, sound...

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The Table of the No-Body

On the 22nd of February 2020 psychoanalyst Petros Patounas begins a series of presentations entitled “On the Monad’s Dark Matter.” Patounas will open the series with a seminar on: “The Table of the No-Body.” The seminar will take place at the premises of the Cyprus’ Society of the SFL, at...

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The Verb and the Monad

On 26th of October 2019 Lacanian Psychoanalyst Petros Patounas will present a seminar with the title “The Verb and the Monad”. The presentation will touch upon the following topics: 1. The Narcissism of the psychoanalyst towards nihilism.2. Ordinary guys vs guys who act: desire as unachievable and the identification with...

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The Mirror Stage and the Oedipal Body (Part 2)

Το Στάδιο του Καθρέφτη και το Οιδιπόδειο Σώμα Η ψυχανάλυση γεννήθηκε μέσα από τις μελέτες του Freud που αφορούσαν την επίπτωση του λόγου πάνω στο σώμα. Εκείνο που αποκαλύπτουν οι μελέτες αυτές, όπως το διετύπωσε ο Lacan, είναι ότι το ον που ονομάζουμε «άνθρωπος» το τοποθετεί στον κόσμο η ίδια...

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