#Psychoanalysis

Judith Beyer61. It is ok not to understand. In fact, it is better to not to understand too quickly or to think that by asking questions you’ll understand faster. I am trying to bring Lacanian <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> closer into conversation with <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> in this regard, too: not understanding the other is crucial!

Judith Beyer10. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Anthropology" target="_blank">#Anthropology</a> needs to understand human subjectivity as encompassing more than the individual (i.e. ego). In the past, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> was regarded as so central to the discipline, that Rosaldo urged every anthropologist to undergo an analysis themselves. We need to rehabilitate the unconscious.

Judith Beyer“… we are split by language, as <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lacan" target="_blank">#Lacan</a> argued. If we acknowledge this, we might be able to include the other not as an opposite ‘they’ but as part of our own unconscious: we are always other to ourselves first.” <a href="https://judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/crimes-against-commonality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/c...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23humanrights" target="_blank">#humanrights</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Arendt" target="_blank">#Arendt</a> <a href="https://judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/crimes-against-commonality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Crimes against commonality</a>

marc, trudy dinksWhat other ways of talking about hurt and harm fall into disuse when it’s all about boundaries?If intimacy means living with our interdependence, our entanglement in other selves, might a fixation on boundaries be one part of what has us stuck in alienation?If care has become as scarce as a sky in which you can see the Milky Way, is accelerating our separateness by fortifying our boundaries really the answer we need?If other people’s needs are often unfulfillable and intolerable, can it really be true that we’d just be better off without other people?Oh yeah, and who’s benefiting from all this boundaries advice, anyway?<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#relationships</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#therapy</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#capitalism</a>

marc, trudy dinksLike Sherlis says:In the 2020s, advice about romantic, family and work relationships is pretty well saturated with talk about ‘boundaries’.There’s hardly an interpersonal problem that we’re not supposed to handle by getting to know our boundaries, enforcing them, and cancelling anyone who crosses them.Sherlis asks:How did this way of talking about the self become so predominant?Does a focus on boundaries encourage us to think about the self as a kind of property?<a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#relationships</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/therapy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#therapy</a> <a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychology</a>

Judith Beyer🧵 Crimes against Commonality. (full text with hyperlinks at <a href="https://judithbeyer.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">judithbeyer.com</a>) Before all other forms of membership, we are “all members of the human family”, as the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights has specified. 1/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerWe need the ‘other‘ to sustain ourselves as the I(ndividual) we imagine ourselves to be. The imaginary order is the order of world-making ( <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HannahArendt" target="_blank">#HannahArendt</a> 1959) for whom the world is not ‘out there‘, but rather that which arises between people. 4/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerThe international legal concept of crimes against humanity is crucial as all war crimes are predicated on the fact that those committing these atrocities are enabled once they succeed in establishing difference that makes us forget our commonality. 2/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerWe have to keep engaging with others, irrespective of the fact that we will never really understand each other entirely. But we are obliged to keep trying. There is no other way. 5/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerWe cannot but make do with what the French psychoanalyst Jacques <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lacan" target="_blank">#Lacan</a> has called the imaginary order – the way in which we try to relate to others by looking for similarities and differences, mainly in order to acknowledge ourselves. 3/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerIf we acknowledge this, we might be able to include the other not as an opposite ‘they’ but as part of our own unconscious: we are always other to ourselves first. 7/7 <a href="https://judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/crimes-against-commonality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/c...</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a> <a href="https://judithbeyer.com/2025/07/25/crimes-against-commonality/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Crimes against commonality</a>

Judith BeyerHuman commonality is already there from the beginning, transcending all dichotomies, whereas difference is something we can only ever bring about consciously. What we have in common and what makes us human is that we are split by language ( <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lacan" target="_blank">#Lacan</a>) 6/7 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23internationallaw" target="_blank">#internationallaw</a>

Judith BeyerOn <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23FrantzFanon" target="_blank">#FrantzFanon</a> s 100th birthday, I want to reskeet what I posted in late 2023 rgd. the linkage between <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decolonisation" target="_blank">#decolonisation</a> and <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> / <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychiatry" target="_blank">#psychiatry</a>. Going a bit beyond the usual concept-dropping that we tend to resort to with “big” names. Fanon was a clinician first and a theorist second. HB🎂! RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7mqzu7aleiaz4hi44hod7x2/post/3kfx3hcu3tl2q" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7mqzu7aleiaz4hi44hod7x2/post/3kfx3hcu3tl2q</a>

Judith BeyerDirector's observations: "Jacques is intelligent but bizarre: his work is irregular. He uses his diplomacy to circumvent the rules." The Director (from <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23JacquesLacan" target="_blank">#JacquesLacan</a> ’s end of year report; exhibited at Centre Pompidou, Metz. 2024.) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychanalyse" target="_blank">#psychanalyse</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a>

Julius Zukowski-KrebsSo here’s quite an interesting take on Freuds famous Schreber Case by Lepht Hand and the connection between psychosis and fascism. Definitely worth a click and some listening.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4X11GL01OnWTmMGEuCWa1c?si=DjuaetiMSSKibQYMhzbExw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/4X11GL01OnWTmMGEuCWa1c?si=DjuaetiMSSKibQYMhzbExw</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lephthand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lephthand</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/schreber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#schreber</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/schizoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#schizoanalysis</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#usa</a>

Angry sweet antiracist enbyPaul Preciado, trans philosopher and author from Spain, in his talk to the psychoanalyst congress at the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne in Paris, “Can the Monster Speak?”‘All the things that are terrible and terrifying about transsexuality and gender transitioning are not found in the process of transition itself, but in the way in which the boundaries between the sexes punish and threaten to kill anyone who dares cross them. It is not gender transitioning that is horrifying and dangerous, but the regime of sexual difference.’<a href="https://todon.nl/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/PaulPreciado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaulPreciado</a>

Judith Beyer📣 Le premier numéro de LAPS est apparu par RUE (Réseau Universitaire Européen <a href="https://www.ruepsychanalyse.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.ruepsychanalyse.com</a>) Le thème: La Singularité Avec contributions de Éric Laurent, Marie-Hélène Brousse et autres … <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/univ-paris8.fr" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@univ-paris8.fr</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychanalyse" target="_blank">#psychanalyse</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lacan" target="_blank">#Lacan</a> <a href="https://revue.ruepsychanalyse.com/category/lapsvol1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">revue.ruepsychanalyse.com/category/lap...</a> <a href="https://revue.ruepsychanalyse.com/category/lapsvol1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">LAPS N°1 : La singularité - Re...</a>

Judith BeyerQue peut-on faire de sa vie ? "Savoir y faire avec" dirait <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lacan" target="_blank">#Lacan</a> 🗑️🚮♻️... <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychanalyse" target="_blank">#psychanalyse</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7mqzu7aleiaz4hi44hod7x2/post/3lsqgjismas2c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7mqzu7aleiaz4hi44hod7x2/post/3lsqgjismas2c</a>

Dustin J. Byrd, Ph.D.My latest article, “Terribilis Occidentalis: A Dialectical Critique of Oikophobia,” will appear in the journal, Critical Perspectives, which is the new journal of the Institute for Critical Social Theory, published by Ekpyrosis Press. https://www.criticalsocialtheory.con <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociology</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/psychoanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/politicalscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalscience</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MENA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MENA</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/globalsouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#globalsouth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/theWest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theWest</a>

Judith BeyerReading Marc Abélès‘ “Thinking beyond the state” (Penser au-delà de l’État) and the news at the same time drives his point home. I agree that the question of desire is key when approaching the state. But I do so via Lacan whereas he draws on Deleuze & Guattari. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23anthropology" target="_blank">#anthropology</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23psychoanalysis" target="_blank">#psychoanalysis</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23state" target="_blank">#state</a>

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