Events and Seminars
| Event | : | One Thought, One Master Sándor Ferenczi - Judit Mészáros |
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| Venue | : | Online and In Person at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey |
| Date | : | 13/04/2025 |
| Duration | : | 8am - 2:30pm BST / 3 - 9am EDT |
| Extra Info | : | "Confusion of Tongues and Identification with the Aggressor" Judit Mészáros Conference and Film Screening Almost a century ago, Ferenczi's trauma theory summarized in 'Confusion of tongues between adults and the child' (1933) opened a new perspective on the theoretical and therapeutic approach to trauma. Why do we call this a paradigm shift and what are the main elements of it? The conference will provide answers to the question. Among them: Ferenczi stated that trauma is based on real experience, not a fantasy that triggers the traumatic effect as Freud had been stated since his second trauma theory. Ferenczi placed trauma within an interpersonal and intrapsychic sequence of processes and opened up a new perspective toward dimensions of object relations. Ferenczi also recognized that both, the perpetrator and the victim, use different ego defence mechanisms during and after the trauma to maintain their psychic equilibrium. Beyond this in the 'Confusion' paper there are so many new discoveries, for example: What is the meaning of ‘pleasure principle’ in trauma? How could this Janus-faced phenomenon exist? Suffering, on the one hand, and experiencing pleasure, on the other? What is the consequence of this antagonistic process? Ferenczi also speaks about ‘traumatic progression’. One can look at traumatic progression as a key word in the development of resilience. Ferenczi also drew attention to the presence or lack of a trusted person after the traumatic experience. We will discuss the extraordinary importance of publicness, solidarity, and emotional and intellectual aid when the traumatized person does not remain alone or without help and we will also discuss the consequences of not happening. Ferenczi was the first to describe the ego defence mechanism of identification with the aggressor. This lecture focuses on how the process of identification with the aggressor manifests in various dimensions of life, at the individual, community and societal levels: in family relations, schools, sport clubs, religious organizations and how it encourages sustaining autocratic, dictatorial regimes. |
| Organised By | : | Psike İstanbul |
| Web Link | : | https://psikeistanbul.org/en/event/one-theory-one-master-sandor-ferenczi-judit-meszaros/ |