“Death, envy and madness: Uncovering our psychotic core”

“Why we need psychoanalysis: A walk on the dark side.” This talk looks at the critical role of psychoanalytic theory and practice in allowing us to think the unthinkable. It will explore the tension between attachment and conflict, solitude and sociability, deadness and aliveness. It ends by raising some questions about psychoanalytic activism.

Emeritus Associate Professor Sally Swartz (University of Cape Town) is a practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She has a particular interest in the field of relational psychoanalytic theory. Recent papers have had decolonisation of mind as a central focus. She has published widely in the areas of history of psychiatry, colonialism and relational psychoanalytic practice. She is the author of three monographs. Homeless Wanderers: Movement and Mental Illness in the Cape Colony in the Nineteenth Century was published in 2015, and Ruthless Winnicott: The Role of Ruthlessness in Psychoanalysis and Political Protest in 2019. In 2022 she published Psychoanalysis and Colonialism: A Contemporary Introduction.

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