Vol 23 (3/4) 2005
Opera(tic) Music as Conveyor of the Unspoken – Sabine Lichtenstein
The Maulwerke 2005 by Dieter Schnebel and the Kunstarbeidersgezelschap – Pat Jacops
Mishima’s “L’école de la chair”: The Educational Drive and Other Aspects of Perversion – Julien Quackelbeen
Psychoanalytic Pedagogy put to the Test through the Work in ‘Zonnelied’ – Ellen Verhoeven
Freud and the Metaphors of Writing – Helena De Preester
On the Drive-like Status of Knowledge – Robert Flamant
Approaching the Impossible – Jeroen Donckers
Freud’s Use of Construction: Contribution to the History of Psychoanalytic Technique – Filip Geerardyn
Freud’s Use of Construction: Contribution to the History of Psychoanalytic Technique
In this paper the author investigates the precise manner in which Freud applied the technique of construction in his clinical practice. Not withstanding the fact that construction comprised an obvious part of Freud's technique, he seldom mentioned it in his works....
Approaching the Impossible
Working with psychic suffering one is often confronted with feelings of impotence. Yet this is not a necessary consequence of the impossibility proper to the professions of educating, analysing or governing. Throughout the essays of Imre Kertész, the impossibility –...
On the Drive-like Status of Knowledge
The first part of this paper investigates the status of knowledge. Starting from the general question of whether knowledge can prevent Evil, it is argued that in the particular case of Martin Heidegger reason was powerless against hatred. Next, the question posed by...
Freud and the Metaphors of Writing
In this paper, our point of departure is Plato's Phaedrus-dialogue, in which the role and meaning of writing for memory are assessed, focusing special attention on Plato's evaluation of writing. The use of writing-metaphors in elaborating the model of the psychic...
Psychoanalytic Pedagogy put to the Test through the Work in ‘Zonnelied’
In this contribution the possibility of a psychoanalytic pedagogy is tested by the practical experience of work in Zonnelied, a residential setting for mentally disabled persons, some of whom also have psychiatric or behavioural problems. The author classifies the way...
Mishima’s “L’école de la chair”: The Educational Drive and Other Aspects of Perversion
In this paper the author revisits Mishima's L'école de la chair (1993) through an explorative questioning of the Japanese writer with respect to the structure of perversion. Rather than starting from an a priori formulated theory on perversion, Mishima's work is read...
The Maulwerke 2005 by Dieter Schnebel and the Kunstarbeidersgezelschap
This article is the result of a collaboration between the author and the Kunstarbeidergezelschap of Ghent on "Maulwerke" by the contemporary composer Dieter Schnebel. It outlines briefly the importance of the figure Dieter Schnebel for contemporary experimental music...
Opera(tic) Music as Conveyor of the Unspoken
More than any other art form, music in its essence manages to hide its meaning, while at the same time still producing in the listener a strong affect. On foot of this remarkable ability, music was hailed in the 19th century as the most important art form, a...