Events and Seminars
| Event | : | Stranger, Visitor, Metaphor |
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| Venue | : | Online |
| Date | : | 14/09/2023 |
| Duration | : | 6-8pm BST / 1-3pm EDT |
| Extra Info | : | This paper, presented by Jonathan Sklar, discusses ideas around the uses and functions of metaphor in language which transfers understanding and knowledge in the unconscious. Concentrating on ideas around the uses and functions of metaphor in language as a critical means of carrying the weight of the unconscious, which can transfer, as in transference, understanding and knowledge of that part of the mind. Contrasting the metaphors in the stories about St.Christopher and the Erl King in relation to the psychic function of carrying over. And the psyche-soma sometimes needs to carry the burden that is too much to bear mentally. Jonhathan Sklar, is a Training Analyst in the British Psychoanalytical Society, an honorary member of the South African and Serbian psychoanalytic societies and Founder of the Independent Psychoanalysis Trust. He is the author of Landscapes of the Dark, Balint Matters, and Dark Times: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Politics, History and Mourning |
| Organised By | : | Psychoanalysis and Politics |
| Web Link | : | https://www.psa-pol.org/crises/stranger-visitor-metaphor/ |