For Jean-Luc Nancy

For Jean-Luc Nancy By Cristiana Cimino It rarely happens, after adolescence and early youth, that an encounter with a thought leaves traces that make a difference in one’s way of thinking and with which one never stops coming to terms with, whether one wants to or not. When I was young it happened to me […]

Sur “Massenpsychologie”. Un débat après-coup (French Version)

Sur “Massenpsychologie”. Un débat après-coup By Jean- Luc Nancy, Sergio Benvenuto, Divya Dwivedi Echange de lettres après le webinar du 23 avril 2021, “Nostalgie du père” JEAN-LUC NANCY (24 avril 2021) : chers Sergio et Divya, je voudrais ajouter quelques mots plus précis à la discussion d’hier puisque le temps a manqué : la preuve évidente […]

No Leaders/No Masses: Virtuality and Contemporary Group Life in the Shadow of Freud

No Leaders/No Masses: Virtuality and Contemporary Group Life in the Shadow of Freud By Fernando Castrillón It might easily have been supposed, by any sort of informed observer, that the election and inauguration of Joe Biden as the new President of the United States would have spelled the end of the QAnon phenomenon both in […]

L’incantesimo pulsionale del capo (Italian Version)

L’incantesimo pulsionale del capo (Italian version) By Franco Lolli Come necessaria e rapida premessa al mio intervento, occorre distinguere il concetto di massa da quello di istituzione, specificando, molto schematicamente, che quest’ultima assorbe il fenomeno mutevole e transitorio della massa. L’istituzione, cioè, organizza la massa, la stabilizza, le assicura una forma giuridica, politica ed economica, […]

“A Mystery of Mysteries!”

“A Mystery of Mysteries!” Di Divya Dwivedi A Mystery of Mysteries! This phrase forms the last verse of a poem by Edgar Allen Poe and it is the title under which I would like to make the following reflections. What hovers over this phrase is of course the very title of the poem which is […]

From a Community of Citizens to a Network of Users: Group Life in the Twenty-First Century

From a Community of Citizens to a Network of Users: Group Life in the Twenty-First Century By Benjamin Fong In How Will Capitalism End?, the sociologist Wolfgang Streeck argues that in the neoliberal period, “communities of citizens” have been replaced with “networks of users”, implying that neoliberalism has refashioned the meanings of both group and […]

Nostalgie du père (French Version)

Nostalgie du père (French version) By Jean-Luc Nancy 1 Vatersehnsucht : Freud désigne ainsi[1]le rapport premier – originaire, archaïque au sens le plus propre – que toute constitution d’identité (d’un individu, d’un moi) implique nécessairement. Par rapport à cette nostalgie irreprésentable nous ne connaissons que des substituts : Idéal du moi, Dieu, Chef, et aussi «père» […]

Dalla pseudospeciazione al capro espiatorio (Italian Version)

Dalla pseudospeciazione al capro espiatorio(Italian version) By Romano Màdera Pseudospeciazione è un termine poco usato nelle scienze umane e sembra quasi sconosciuto a chi si interessa di neuroscienze e della loro applicazione ai temi antropologici. Credo invece che si sia toccata, con l’introduzione di questo termine in psicologia sociale e poi in etologia umana, una […]

L’insegnamento politico dell’Arcadia (Italian version)

By Pietro Pascarelli.  Nell’antichità un popolo di un’impervia regione della Grecia ebbe fama di essere venuto al mondo prima degli astri e della luna, e di aver scoperto le fasi di questa, insieme al calcolo del tempo, rendendo possibile la storia.Allora gli uomini percepivano nel paesaggio, nelle ombre degli anfratti silvani o nei lucori di […]

“MASS FEAR”

14th January 2022 “MASS FEAR”Last webinar Speaker: Roberto Esposito Discussant: Sergio Benvenuto Alessandra Campo Moderator: Raffaele Bracalenti Free Webinar Book now! Book now! Days Hours Minutes BOOK NOW