Under Siege

Political Activism and Psychoanalysis

Authors

  • Daniel Burston Duquesne University
  • Cary Nelson

Abstract

Many observers today believe that American psychoanalysis is in crisis, and that the future of the profession is hanging in the balance. Recent debates in both the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsA) and the American Psychological Association (APA) testify to the character and intensity of that crisis, and if  J. Oliver Conroy’s June 2023 account in The Guardian, “Inside the war tearing psychoanalysis apart,” is any indication, awareness of that crisis is now reaching mainstream media. We advance an argument as to the core of  the problem.    

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Published

2023-10-24

How to Cite

Burston, D. ., & Nelson, C. (2023). Under Siege: Political Activism and Psychoanalysis. Free Associations, (89). Retrieved from https://freeassociations.org.uk/FA_New/OJS/index.php/fa/article/view/459

Issue

No. 89 (2023)

Section

Forum on Social Justice and Psychoanalysis

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