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One of the cornerstones of psychoanalytic writing is the case history - the narrative of an individual’s suffering and subsequent recovery. But narrative always tends towards fiction rather than scientific objectivity. Can the ordinary contrast between truth and lies, fact and illusion, get a grip on unconscious processes? And what happens when contemporary biographers and autobiographers take so-called “psychic reality†as their theme?
Juliet Mitchell is a leading academic and member of the British and the International Psychoanalytical Societies.
A series of lectures exploring the uses of biography
in the Conference Centre
What is the connection between living a life and recounting it? It has been argued that human existence itself is woven out of the stories we tell ourselves about our lives - but are stories the best ways of understanding human lives? What happens when philosophical analyses of existence and identity meet up with biographical narratives?
This lecture series presents a cast of philosophers, theorists and biographers who will take the opportunity to reflect on how far we can understand our lives in terms of life-stories.
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Juliet Mitchell | talks |
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Date and Time: |
17 May 2004 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
The British Library |
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Tickets: |
£5 (concessions £2.50) |
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