Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond

Psychoanalysis meets a world shaped by borders, limits, and divisions.

From political division and migration to digital culture and the lasting effects of the COVID pandemic, this book explores how boundaries – between people, nations, disciplines, and even within ourselves – shape the way we live, think, and relate to others. Bringing together voices from psychoanalysis and philosophy, it offers a fresh look at today’s most pressing tensions, ranging from political conflict and social fragmentation to personal identity and emotional life.

What sets this volume apart is its ability to connect intimate human experience with global realities, showing how the same forces that divide societies also operate within the psyche. Clear and thought-provoking, it invites readers to rethink familiar ideas about difference, connection, and responsibility in a rapidly changing world.

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"Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond" was written by Alessandra Affortunati Martins, Amit Saad, Ana Minozzo, Cassandra Seltman, Christian Ingo Lenz Dunker, Dušan I. Bjelić, Dušan Radunović, Ednei Soares, Felix Bernstein, Herman Westerink, Jelica Šumič Riha, Kazuyuki Hara, Marinos Pourgouris, Matt Johnson, Michael A. Petrou, Monique David-Ménard, Nadine Hartmann, Nelson da Silva Júnior, Nermeen Shaikh, Nikolas Antoniades, Patricia Gherovici, Paulo Beer, Pedro Magalhães Lopes, Rodrigo De La Fabián and Vladimir Safatle.

Ednei Soares is a psychoanalyst and holds a PhD from Radboud University. He is a Research Assistant at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy and conducts research in Brazil and the Netherlands for the Stichting Psychoanalytische Fondsen. His academic career has included work at Radboud University's Behavioural Science Institute and teaching at universities in Brazil. He is a member of SIPP–ISPP.

Herman Westerink is endowed and associate professor at the Center for Contemporary European Philosophy at Radboud University Nijmegen.

Paulo Beer is a psychoanalyst, professor and researcher in São Paulo, Brazil.

Vladimir Safatle is professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. - http://filosofia.fflch.usp.br/en/professors/safatle

He is responsible for the Portuguese edition of 'Theodor Adorno's Complete Work' and coordinator of the Laboratory of Social Theory, Philosophy and Psychoanalysis. He was invited-professor at the universities of Paris VII, Paris VIII, Toulouse, Louvain, responsible for seminars at the Collège International de Philosophy and fellow of the Stellenbosch Intitute of Advanced Studies (South Africa). He is the author of 'La passion du négatif: Lacan et la dialectique (Georg Olms, 2010)' and several books in Portuguese and Spanish about critical theory, psychoanalysis, politics and philosophy of music.

He has a weekly column in the newspaper 'Folha de São Paulo' - http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/colunas/vladimirsafatle/

"Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond" was edited by Yianna Ioannou, Izzy Powis, Sinziana Ravini, Léa Silveira and Jamieson Webster.

Yianna Ioannou is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Nicosia and a clinical supervisor for the Center of Therapy, Training and Research.

Izzy Powis is a writer and psychoanalyst in formation based in New York City.

Sinziana Ravini is a psychoanalyst, writer, curator and art theory teacher based in Bucharest. She has a PhD in German literature from Heidelberg University and is writing a new thesis at UNArte, the academy of fine arts in Bucharest, on the relationship between art and psychoanalysis.

Léa Silveira is Professor of Philosophy at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), and researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq, Brazil).

Jamieson Webster is a clinical psychoanalyst and Professor at The New School for Social Research.

Yes, "Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond" is part of the "Figures of the Unconscious" series.

Publication of "Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond" was funded by Path to Open
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The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Psychoanalysis on Borders, Limits and Beyond" is 10.11116/9789461668028.