What Does Europe Want?: The Union and Its Discontents by Slavoj Žižek & Srecko Horvat

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Slavoj Žižek and Srecko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed austerity. To general observers, the European Union's economic woes appear to be its greatest problem, but the real peril is an ongoing ideological-political crisis that threatens an era of instability and reactionary brutality.

The fall of communism in 1989 seemed to end the leftist program of universal emancipation. However, nearly a quarter of a century later, the European Union has failed to produce any coherent vision that can mobilize people to action. Until recently, the only ideology receptive to European workers has been the nationalist call to "defend" against immigrant integration. Today, Europe is focused on regulating the development of capitalism and promoting a reactionary conception of its cultural heritage. Yet staying these courses, Žižek and Horvat show, only strips Europe of its power and stifles its political ingenuity. The best hope is for Europe to revive and defend its legacy of universal egalitarianism, which benefits all parties by preserving the promise of equal representation.

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The International Psychoanalytic Summer Institute in Tuscany Italy

The International Psychoanalytic Summer Institute, a first endeavour of its kind, will bring together an international roster of psychoanalytic thinkers to engage in teaching and in discussions regarding some of the most challenging current-day issues psychoanalysts and other psychodynamic therapists encounter in their daily work.

The Six Seminars to choose from:

Aug 3-5 – Annie Reiner & Ofra Eshel – Encounters with the Deep – The Unknowable and Unthinkable in Bion’s and Winnicott’s Late Writings

Aug 10-12 – Virginia Goldner & Offer Maurer – Reworking Gender and Sex into Psychoanalysis: Can There be Joy for The Perplexed Clinicians?

Aug 17-19 – Muriel Dimen & Asaf Rolef Ben Shahar – Speaking in Tongues: On The Clinical Decision Whether to Speak or Remain Silent

Aug 24-26 – Sue Grand & Lynne Layton – Enacting Identity: Clinical Impasses, Cultural Critique

Aug 31 – Sep 2 – Michael B. Buchholt & Elisabeth Fivaz – Communicative Dance and Insight: Charting the Role of Implicit Communication in Co-Parenting and in Therapy

Sep 7 – Sep 9 – Paul Wacthel & Sharon Ziv Beiman – Cyclical Psychodynamics: Addressing Affect, Attachment, And Action in an Integrative Therapeutic Approach

The International Psychoanalytic Summer Institute will take place in Tuscany Italy, one of the most beautiful places on earth. We will be convening in a dream-like hilltop castle from the 13th century (seminars 1-4) or in an enchanting hilltop Tuscan villa (semiars 5-6), both overlooking some of Chianti region’s most beautiful valleys. Only 30 participants or so will be invited to join us each for a week’s stay at a time (seminar itself running from Monday afternoon till Wednesday afternoon). A total of 15 academic hours (spread over 1 full day and 2 half days) will enable participants a deep immersive learning experience together with a one of a kind opportunity for recreation, rest and wellness.

The organizers: The International Summer Institute was founded by The New School for Psychotherapy, a continuing-education academic institute for mental health professional, directed by Dr. Offer Maurer, a clinical psychologist.