Thinking

[close] This reading group is for anyone reading any Psychoanalysis school of thought (Classical Post- Neo- Developmental- Child- Relational- Intersubjective- Freudian, Jungian, Archetypal, Kleinian, Winnicott, British Object Relations, Bion, Lacanian) psychoanalytic theories and associated techniques. Whether the reader is a practising psychoanalyst, psychotherapist or psychologist, a non-practising academic psychoanalysis scholar, or just an 'interested' person in the street. Psychoanalytic theory is applied to children, individuals, couples, families, groups, companies, organisations and combined with other psychological approaches such as mainstream clinical psychology and forensic psychology practised in the National Health Service. Psychoanalytic theory is used in social psychology, applied community psychology, in marginal critical psychology and discursive psychology and in avant-garde media psychology, cultural psychology, political psychology and religious psychology. It is also used in depth psychology, art therapy, drama therapy, group analysis, business psychology, industrial psychology and organisational psychology. Readers of psycho-social, psycho-cultural, psycho-political studies and critical theory, social theory, cultural theory, film theory, philosophy, sociology and anthropology, also read psychoanalytic theory. The reading group convenor is a well known psychoanalysis scholar in the UK based in London in association with the Institute of Psychoanalysis, Freud Museum, Anna Freud Centre, Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, The Tavistock Institute, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at Essex University, UCL Psychoanalysis Unit, Centre for Psychoanalysis at Middlesex University and the British Psychoanalytic Council. You can view her professional network here https://www.linkedin.com/in/aylamichelledemir Internationally, she works in association with the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) and the Association for the Psychoanalysis of Culture and Society (APCS).

[close] books that help clarify, challenge, and enrich the thinking process.

[close] The only way to know the future is by being aware of the past, the present, and its trends. Since we know we can't see the future, at least we can guess and narrow down our forecasts - but to do that, we need knowledge. We create this reading group to fill the gap between where we are now and the times to come. We aim to get a broader perspective, a bigger picture, a bird's view. A reading group focused on utopias and dystopias that make us think, books and essays that put us aware of our environment, futuristic innovations, and tales from the past, that teach us how and why the things we have today are like they are, and maybe help us to know how to change them. The group proposes to read around one book or essay (article, interview) per month, ~12 books in total. Books about finance, history, political and philosophical questions. Books about happiness and how to live a better life. Are these the tools to survive in this information society? We think so, if you don't agree, join the reading club and prove us wrong! Welcome to the future! FRC

[close] Ecosphere studies reading group.