24. bis 27. Juli 2019 (London)
2019-07-24 - 2019-07-27
51. IPA Kongress/25. IPSO Konferenz – The Feminine
Psychoanalytic theory and practice both have a part to play in addressing the
question of ›the feminine‹. Our goal for this Congress is to focus on issues that
affect the everyday life and experiences of both women and men.
Since the late nineteenth century, concerns and problems related to the female
condition, which were previously normalised or silenced, have become
increasingly visible in different cultures.
Psychoanalytic theories on the feminine have widened and diversified. Important
debates emerged early on, such as the Freud-Jones controversy on primary and
secondary femininity, and the role of penis envy in development. Many female
analysts developed and presented their ideas on these issues. These debates are
ongoing and have become increasingly sophisticated. The riddle of bisexuality
has stood at the centre of psychoanalysis since the beginning and contains both
the feminine and the masculine. The question of whether there is a set of
fantasies that are connected more with the feminine than with the masculine
remains open.
Each society, culture or historical period attributes certain behaviours to the
feminine or the masculine. However, most people have their own personal mixture
of these, and it would be an over-simplification to prescribe a fixed set of
properties to one particular sex. The psychoanalytic approach is now broader,
including the feminine within the field of the masculine. New family
configurations and sexual and gender diversity have challenged established
standards of sexual binarism and have invited new questions about femininity
and masculinity. The feminine protects the infant and its development; it
guarantees survival and furnishes the mother tongue. In the intermediary spaces
of two, three or more persons, all the involved persons continuously negotiate
the positions of the feminine and the masculine, changing the question of what
should be labelled as feminine and what as masculine. We have therefore had to
revisit many concepts whose relevance for clinical practice is unquestionable:
among them, the Oedipal-castration complex and its traditional resolution, the
feminine superego, and women’s desire for children.
Within this framework, the IPA takes up the challenge of updating and
rethinking classical psychoanalytic views on the feminine and their
repercussions in psychoanalysis.
Speaker:
Leticia Glocer Fiorini
Dominique Scarfone
Catherine Chabert
Frances Thomson-Salo
Proposals:
Proposals are invited for individual papers, panels, small discussion groups,
posters, community models and films, as well as prizes and awards, that contribute
to the Congress theme ›The Feminine‹.
The submission deadline is: Wednesday
30th May 2018.
More information here.
All proposals must be made using the online application form.
Termin:
24. bis 27. Juli 2019
Veranstalter:
International Psychoanalytical
Association
Lexicon, Unit B, Book House
261a City Road
London EC1V 1AH
Telefon: 044 20 8446 8324
E-mail: events@ipa.world
Veranstaltungsort:
QEII Centre
Broad Sanctuary
Westminster
London, City of SW1P 3EE
United Kingdom
Kontakt:
Karina Gutierrez
E-Mail: karina@ipa.world
Weitere Informationen:
www.cvent.com
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