Psychoanalysis and Politics - Anxious Encounters and Forces of Fear

PSYCHOANALYSIS AND POLITICS - ANXIOUS ENCOUNTERS AND FORCES OF FEAR Spring symposium in the Paris Psychoanalytic Society (SPP) 31st March to 2nd April 2017 Paris, France CALL FOR PAPERS: We invite proposals for papers that explore conscious and unconscious fear and its social and political vicissitudes. (Deadline Oct. 5th 2016) The full text is here: http://www.psa-pol.org/?p=542 Please make sure you also read the Guide for abstracts, here: http://www.psa-pol.org/?page_id=363 Psychoanalysis and Politics is an international and interdisciplinary conference series that aims to address how crucial contemporary political issues may be fruitfully analysed through psychoanalytic theory and vice versa – how political phenomena may reflect back on psychoanalytic thinking. The symposium series creates a space where representatives of different perspectives come together and engage with one another's contributions, participating in a community of thought. See 'About': http://www.psa-pol.org/?page_id=7 and 'History': http://www.psa-pol.org/?page_id=246 If you wish receive news about Psychoanalysis and Politics conferences, events and publications,you can fill out this form on the webpage: http://www.psa-pol.org/?page_id=325 Enquiries: psychoanalysis.politics@gmail.com Web address: http://www.psa-pol.org Sponsored by: Psychoanalysis and Politics