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Division
Presents:
Psychopathology
and
Literature:
The
Internal
World
of
Franz
Kafka
and
The
Desire
For
Nothing
Instructor:
Valrie
Rubinstein
von
Raffay,
Ph.D.
LAISPS
Member
Course
Description:
This
course
will
provide
an
experience
of
what
literature
can
contribute
to
psychoanalysis.
Literature
describes
fascinating
case
studies
that
uniquely
bring
to
life
the
complexity
of
human
beings
and
interpersonal
relationships.
The
literary
works
of
Franz
Kafka,
a
born
"psychoanalyst",
will
be
used
to
explore
an
internal
world
filled
with
terror,
the
terror
of
the
powerful
paternal
introject
that
reduces
him
to
a
"no
thing".
Concepts
of
the
refusal
of
desire
and
human
needs
and
Lacan's
idea
of
"desire
for
nothing"
(Zizek,
S.
(2007))
will
be
emphasized,
including
how
this
dynamic
relates
to
anorexia.
The
short
story
The
Hunger
Artist
by
Franz
Kafka
will
be
used
to
explore
concepts
of
psychic
retreat,
the
refusal
of
desire
and
human
needs,
which
illuminates
Lacans
idea
of
desire
for
nothing
The
psychoanalytic
and
clinical
understanding
of
male
patients
who
are
dominated
by
powerful
paternal
introject
that
can
result
in
the
avoidance
of
oedipal
rivalry
will
be
enriched
by
consideration
of
meanings
found
in
classic
literature
by
Franz
Kafka.
The
psychoanalytic
and
clinical
understanding
of
anorexia
will
be
enriched
by
consideration
of
meanings
found
in
classic
literature
by
Franz
Kafka
Objectives:
Upon
completion
of
this
activity,
participants
should
be
able
to:
1.
Describe
the
relationship
between
psychoanalysis
and
literature.
2.
Describe
how
Kafka's
conflictual
relationship
with
his
father
dominated
his
internal
and
external
world.
3.
Describe
what
is
meant
by
"refusal
of
desire"
and
human
needs,
in
relationship
to
Lacan's
idea
of
"desire
for
nothing".
4.
Give
a
clinical
example
of
the
relationship
between
"refusal
for
desire"
and
the
development
of
anorexia.
Important
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or
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of
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programs
has
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relevant
financial
relationship
to
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