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Thinking the Institution

11 September 2022/in Claudio Neri, Thinking institutions/by @dmin

Abstract

This essay focuses on three topics. The first is related to a particular aspect of the relationship between individuals and the institution. The institution may or may not provide the individual with an image (mirroring) suited to for his/her needs and responsibilities. This image and its possible failings have an impact not only on professional identity, but also on deep, fundamental aspects of the self. The second topic concerns the triangular relationship between the individual, small groups and the institution. Between the individual and the institution, a small group of friends and colleagues may find space. This small group has different functions to those of the institution, yet can take over those functions if the institution fails to Read more

The primal scene, the analytically oriented group and the Oedipal configurations

11 July 2022/in Groupal Oedipus and the primary scene in the network era, Silvia Corbella/by @dmin

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This paper aims to highlight how the changes in social contexts have potentially modified the fantasies and the experiences related to the primal scene and to the oedipal configurations, shrinking the space available to imagination and to the processes of subjectivation, ensuing the risk of negative aftereffects both on the subject and on his approaches to relationships. The author maintains that the analytically oriented group can be the place where the recovery Read more