Contemporary Couples: A Psychoanalytic and Sociological Approach with Eric Smadja Image Contemporary couples have become unstable, fragile, polymorphous and demanding. I have chosen to explore them by taking a twofold, sociological and psychoanalytic, approach. Starting from issues surrounding the historicity of the very notion of couple, in this seminar I will first propose my personal and multidimensional view, which constitutes an initial, theoretical, construction. Then, I will look at their essential characteristics, both psychological and sociological, which leads me to questions about contemporary society on the basis of certain aspects proper to it. I will introduce some new notions and concepts like couple work, structural conflictualities (internal and external), conjugal culture. Finally, I will undertake a socio-psychoanalytical reflection considering also that they are fashioned by different categories of recent major changes which I will examine too. Part of the CCRI First Thursday Seminar Series You can also register for the related workshop Email ccri-info@ed.ac.uk to sign up Bio Dr. Eric Smadja is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, a member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, a guest member of the British Psychoanalytical Society a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), and a couples psychoanalyst. He works both in Paris and London. He is also an anthropologist, an associate member of the American Anthropological Association and a member of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. In 2007, he was awarded the IPA’s Prize for “Exceptional Contribution made to Psychoanalytical Research”. His works are pluri- and inter-disciplinary in nature. An international lecturer, he is the author of the following books: Laughter (Le Rire) “Que sais-je” series, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, April 1993 (1st ed.), September 2011 (4th ed.); 1st English edition, September 2013 (College Publications, London); and other publications overseas (Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Korean and Ukrainian. The Oedipus Complex, Focus of the Debate between Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (Le complexe d’Œdipe, cristallisateur du débat psychanalyse/anthropologie), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2009. 1st English edition by Routledge, October 2017. The Couple: A Pluridisciplinary Story (Le Couple et son Histoire) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, March 2011 (1st edition) ; 1st English edition in 2016 (Routledge) ; other publications (Spanish, Korean, Russian, Romanian and Chinese). Couples in Psychoanalysis (Ed.) (Couples en psychanalyse) (Dir.), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, May 2013 ; other publications in Spanish, Italian and Russian in 2018. Freud and Culture (Freud et la Culture), Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, September 2013 ; 1st English Edition by Karnac Books and The International Psychoanalytical Association (2015) Contemporary Couples (2016), waiting for a publisher. On Symbolism and Symbolisation (2017) : The Work of Freud, Durkheim and Mauss, (1st English edition by Routledge, 2018 Feb 04 2021 16.30 - 17.45 Contemporary Couples: A Psychoanalytic and Sociological Approach with Eric Smadja Contemporary couples have become unstable, fragile, polymorphous and demanding. Zoom
Contemporary Couples: A Psychoanalytic and Sociological Approach with Eric Smadja Image Contemporary couples have become unstable, fragile, polymorphous and demanding. I have chosen to explore them by taking a twofold, sociological and psychoanalytic, approach. Starting from issues surrounding the historicity of the very notion of couple, in this seminar I will first propose my personal and multidimensional view, which constitutes an initial, theoretical, construction. Then, I will look at their essential characteristics, both psychological and sociological, which leads me to questions about contemporary society on the basis of certain aspects proper to it. I will introduce some new notions and concepts like couple work, structural conflictualities (internal and external), conjugal culture. Finally, I will undertake a socio-psychoanalytical reflection considering also that they are fashioned by different categories of recent major changes which I will examine too. Part of the CCRI First Thursday Seminar Series You can also register for the related workshop Email ccri-info@ed.ac.uk to sign up Bio Dr. Eric Smadja is a psychiatrist, a psychoanalyst, a member of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris, a guest member of the British Psychoanalytical Society a member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA), and a couples psychoanalyst. He works both in Paris and London. He is also an anthropologist, an associate member of the American Anthropological Association and a member of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. In 2007, he was awarded the IPA’s Prize for “Exceptional Contribution made to Psychoanalytical Research”. His works are pluri- and inter-disciplinary in nature. An international lecturer, he is the author of the following books: Laughter (Le Rire) “Que sais-je” series, Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, April 1993 (1st ed.), September 2011 (4th ed.); 1st English edition, September 2013 (College Publications, London); and other publications overseas (Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Chinese, Korean and Ukrainian. The Oedipus Complex, Focus of the Debate between Psychoanalysis and Anthropology (Le complexe d’Œdipe, cristallisateur du débat psychanalyse/anthropologie), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2009. 1st English edition by Routledge, October 2017. The Couple: A Pluridisciplinary Story (Le Couple et son Histoire) Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, March 2011 (1st edition) ; 1st English edition in 2016 (Routledge) ; other publications (Spanish, Korean, Russian, Romanian and Chinese). Couples in Psychoanalysis (Ed.) (Couples en psychanalyse) (Dir.), Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, May 2013 ; other publications in Spanish, Italian and Russian in 2018. Freud and Culture (Freud et la Culture), Paris : Presses Universitaires de France, September 2013 ; 1st English Edition by Karnac Books and The International Psychoanalytical Association (2015) Contemporary Couples (2016), waiting for a publisher. On Symbolism and Symbolisation (2017) : The Work of Freud, Durkheim and Mauss, (1st English edition by Routledge, 2018 Feb 04 2021 16.30 - 17.45 Contemporary Couples: A Psychoanalytic and Sociological Approach with Eric Smadja Contemporary couples have become unstable, fragile, polymorphous and demanding. Zoom
Feb 04 2021 16.30 - 17.45 Contemporary Couples: A Psychoanalytic and Sociological Approach with Eric Smadja Contemporary couples have become unstable, fragile, polymorphous and demanding.
