Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Lacan, Psychoanalysis, and Comedy |
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| Venue | : | Karnac Books, 118 Finchley Road, London Nw3 5HT |
| Date | : | 13/03/2017 |
| Duration | : | 1 day |
| Delegates | : | 30 |
| Extra Info | : | Please join us on Monday March 13, 2017 at 6:30 pm for the celebration in London of the recent publication of Patricia Gherovici and Manya Steinkoler’s second collaboration, Lacan, Psychoanalysis, and Comedy (Cambridge University Press, 2016). The evening will feature buffoonery by the editors, one-liners and witticisms by contributors, Dany Nobus and Carol Owens, and a surprise appearance by the late Dr Jacques Lacan. The event will be moderated by lion tamer Jaice Sara Taitus. How to fight a situation that seems farcical? When reality reaches absurdity, the subversive power of laughter steps in. Laughter is never innocent, it happens to us, at times inappropriately and inauspiciously. We propose a paradigm swerve, a Freudian slip on a banana peel. If psychoanalysis has long been associated with tragedy, there is a strong warrant to take up comedy as a more prescient productive model. Jokes and the comic have not received as much consideration as they deserve, given the fundamental role they play in our psychic lives and how they unite productively the fields of aesthetics, literature, and psychoanalysis. Where? Karnac Books, 118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT When? Monday March 13, 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm. Drinks and nibbles will be served. The event is FREE of charge and open to everyone, but spaces are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure your place, please RSVP to: manyasteinkoler@att.net ABOUT THE PARTICIPANTS Patricia Gherovici is a psychoanalyst and author Dany Nobus is a Lacanian psychoanalyst in London and Professor of Psychoanalysis at Brunel University London. Carol Owens is a Lacanian psychoanalyst and clinical supervisor working in private practice in Dublin. Manya Steinkoler is a professor of English at BMCC, CUNY and a practicing psychoanalyst in New York City. Jaice Sara Titus is a PhD candidate at Brunel University London researching improvisational comedy and its relation to philosophy, critical theory and psychoanalysis. Karnac Books 118 Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Tel: (+44) (0)20 7431 1075 |