| | | APSA_NY12-402 | | Scientific Paper 5: : The Dignity of the Thing: Lacan’s Ethics of Sublimation Speakers: Author: Mari Ruti, PhD (Toronto, Canada) This paper illustrates why Lacan’s theory of sublimation — of raising an ordinary object into “the dignity of the Thing” — introduces a code of ethics that enables the individual to resist dominant social norms. This alternative ethical code is not a matter of deliberating on the rightness or wrongness of actions, but rather of following the thread of one’s desire even when doing so proves socially inconvenient. Because it allows the individual to create space for desires, values, and patterns of appreciation that reach beyond the “reality principle” of the collectivity, it functions as an effective antidote to contemporary nihilism. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
| | | APSA_NY12-203 | | Candidates' Forum: Developing Psychoanalytic Cases and the Candidates Who Will Work with Them Speakers: Elizabeth Brett, PhD (Woodbridge, CT); Allan Frosch, PhD (New York, NY); Alan Z. Skolnikoff, MD (San Francisco, CA); Moderator: Phoebe A. Cirio, MSW, LCSW (St. Louis, MO); Arden Rothstein, PhD (New York, NY) This session discusses approaches to helping candidates develop psychoanalytic cases, while experiencing a sense of agency and preserving morale. Following Dr. Rothstein’s presentation of an individualized tutorial program that she initiated, and her study of its impact upon participants, panel members convey their institutes’ approaches to case and candidate development. Subjective factors in assessment of analyzability — e.g., the match of candidate and analysand, and differences in supervisory perspective — are considered. | | MP3 | | $20.00 | | $20.00 | |
| | | APSA_NY12-202 | | The Committee on Research and Special Training (CORST) Speakers: Robert A. Paul, PhD (Atlanta, GA) This annual prize is awarded for essays on psychoanalytically informed research in the bio-behavioral sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Contemporary analysts who draw upon clinical material in their writings must follow ethical standards in their approach to issues of confidentiality, consent, disguise, and collaboration with their research subjects. The winning author presents his/her essay. | | MP3 | | $20.00 | | $20.00 | |
