Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Freud and Said – Elective Affinities |
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| Venue | : | The Freud Museum |
| Date | : | 29/01/2022 |
| Duration | : | 1:00 pm - 6:30 pm |
| Extra Info | : | 2022 marks the 20th Anniversary of Edward Said’s important lecture at the Freud Museum London entitled ‘Freud and the Non-European’. Focusing on Freud’s final completed work ‘Moses and Monotheism’, Said’s controversial reading of Freud’s equally controversial text was published by Verso books in 2003, and also proved to be Said’s final published work. In this international conference we will seek to revisit Said’s lecture and explore some of the latent themes within the text; to treat it contrapuntally by amplifying some of the latent voices it contains. We will also explore certain ‘elective affinities’ between the two thinkers, taking a trans-disciplinary approach, in order to open up new ground for discussion and provoke inter-disciplinary exchange. The conference will be introduced by Jacqueline Rose, respondent to Edward Said at the original event. Themes addressed will include the importance of ‘geography’, both physical and imaginary, for the functioning of identity; the repression and return of Freud in Said’s works; Said’s sustained interest in a theory of the mind; and the importance of music as a tool for thinking and for encouraging cultural dialogue. |
| Organised By | : | The Freud Museum |
| Web Link | : | https://www.freud.org.uk/event/freud-and-said-elective-affinities/?mc_cid=188e208076&mc_eid=1bb4f8460c |