Dublin, 11th March 2017
THE UNCONCIOUS. For And Against.
with Lilia Mahjoub, President of the NLS
Argument
Psychoanalysis was born from allowing and encouraging people to speak
freely, to ‘say everything and anything that comes to mind’. This
brought to light, in language, the fundamental split of the human
subject: a dimension beyond one’s rational control and one’s conscious
intentions. Freud called it the unconscious. It is ‘another scene’, a knowledge that one does not know one knows and of which one does not want to know anything about.
freely, to ‘say everything and anything that comes to mind’. This
brought to light, in language, the fundamental split of the human
subject: a dimension beyond one’s rational control and one’s conscious
intentions. Freud called it the unconscious. It is ‘another scene’, a knowledge that one does not know one knows and of which one does not want to know anything about.
This dimension concerns one’s desires, conflicts, trauma and
suffering. It concerns creativity and invention too. What has been
rejected and what has been taken on. The impact of words on one’s body.
What has been said and what has been silenced. What emerges in disguise.
The particular way in which one makes sense of the point of real that
has marked one’s existence. The threads of one’s history throughout
generations and the unique fabric woven around the hole of what cannot
be said. The singular truth of each, and what lies beyond truth.
Something finds a way from there via dreams, jokes, slips of the tongue
and symptoms.
suffering. It concerns creativity and invention too. What has been
rejected and what has been taken on. The impact of words on one’s body.
What has been said and what has been silenced. What emerges in disguise.
The particular way in which one makes sense of the point of real that
has marked one’s existence. The threads of one’s history throughout
generations and the unique fabric woven around the hole of what cannot
be said. The singular truth of each, and what lies beyond truth.
Something finds a way from there via dreams, jokes, slips of the tongue
and symptoms.
The 5th Study-Day organised by ICLO-NLS will explore and
question how the hypothesis of the unconscious is reformulated today,
following Lacan’s teaching. How is the Lacanian unconscious differently
conceptualised and treated from that of Freud? Where does the pathway of
the unconscious lead to in an analysis? Does analysis work for or
against the unconscious? How is the unconscious taken into account in
the work in institutional settings (schools, hospitals)? What happens
–clinically and socially- if the human being is reduced to his
behaviour, volition and cognition, if the ‘other scene’ is not taken
into consideration?
question how the hypothesis of the unconscious is reformulated today,
following Lacan’s teaching. How is the Lacanian unconscious differently
conceptualised and treated from that of Freud? Where does the pathway of
the unconscious lead to in an analysis? Does analysis work for or
against the unconscious? How is the unconscious taken into account in
the work in institutional settings (schools, hospitals)? What happens
–clinically and socially- if the human being is reduced to his
behaviour, volition and cognition, if the ‘other scene’ is not taken
into consideration?
Join the conversation!
Lilia Mahjoub
is a psychoanalyst in Paris, AME member of the ECF, the NLS and the
World Association of Psychoanalysis. She is the current president of the
New Lacanian School. She teaches at the Clinical Section of Paris-Ile
de France, she is responsible for the Atelier of Applied Psychoanalysis
and she is President of the CPCT-Paris (Paris Psychoanalytic
Consultation and Treatment Center).
is a psychoanalyst in Paris, AME member of the ECF, the NLS and the
World Association of Psychoanalysis. She is the current president of the
New Lacanian School. She teaches at the Clinical Section of Paris-Ile
de France, she is responsible for the Atelier of Applied Psychoanalysis
and she is President of the CPCT-Paris (Paris Psychoanalytic
Consultation and Treatment Center).
