Vol 33 (2) 2015
The Sadness in his Eyes: Encounters with a Juvenile Delinquent with Psychopathic Traits – Julie De Ganck & Stijn Vanheule
An Explorer’s Companion: On a Case of Infantile Psychosis – Ann Cocquyt
An Act of Silent Revolt – Diederik Walravens
“If I could start My Life all over Again…” Duplication of the Mother in the Work of Philip Huyghe – Filip Geerardyn & Philip Huyghe
Gaze and responsibility in Akira Kurosawa’s Rashōmon
Akira Kurosawa's movie Rashōmon (1950) is traditionally referred to as a clear illustration of the subjectivity of human perception and memory. However, the notion of the so-called Rashōmon effect reflects only a superficial reading of Kurosawa's film. It is argued,...
Ill Fares Society: The Paradoxical Return of Nervousness
People are living longer and are in better health and circumstances but they are not happier. Our culture changes constantly and this involves thinking about illness within the context of a changing society. In this paper we study historical developments spanning a...
Between Railway Spine and PTSD
A hundred years ago the world witnessed the start of an armed conflict unlike anything that preceded it. A series of initiatives to commemorate the human suffering involved typically used the framework of psychic trauma to understand what had transpired. Although such...
Her Voice: On the Cinematic Representability of the Coming into Being of Woman
In this paper the author reflects on the creative process of her film Her Voice (2012) and describes how its sensory imagery generates an alternative image of woman, beyond the clichés encountered in classical narrative cinema. Finding one's voice as a woman here...
In Search for Nearly Forgotten
The oedipus heralds the loss of the pre-symbolic identity of the subject, that is forced to live, to think and to talk in a common language. Unspoken, preverbal identity elements are abandoned. Poetry is perhaps a form of language that brings to mind these pre-oedipal...