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International Psychoanalytical Association VOLUME 11 ISSUE 1 2002 INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS LETTERS Report on Nice Couches Homosexuality Rio 4 September 11 HOME PAGES Reports from officers Deputy Director General Semprún address RAB awardees German Psychoanalytical Society (DPG) Toronto congress 2003 Working Group on Terrorism FOCUS Terrorism and terrorists OPINION The aftermath of September 11 Training institutes WORLD WIDE PAGES China ‘At the end of the battle’ Dubrovnik summer school Regional news Forthcoming events IPSO news © Freud Museum, London Museum, © Freud Ruth F. Lax, New York, USA © Sebastian Zimmerman International Psychoanalysis The International The Newsletter of the IPA. ISSN: 1564-0361 Psychoanalytical Association Editor Translation Team President Honorary Vice-President Alex Holder Daniel Widlöcher Robert S. Wallerstein German: Past Editors Astrid Fuhrmeister, Joachim Roether, Past-President Ethel Person, Leopold Nosek Elisabeth Vorspohl, Eva Ristl, Katrin Otto F. Kernberg Representatives of the House Grünepütt, Michael Mertl, Alex Holder. of Delegates to Council Regional Editors Secretary Ken Heyward, Newell Fischer, Europe: Michel Vincent, Henning Paikin, English: Alain Gibeault Carmen Médici de Steiner Guiseppina Antinucci; Yves Le Juen, Philip Slotkin, Latin America: Renato Canovi, Susan Hale Rogers. Treasurer Associate Secretaries Eduardo Laverde, Germano Vollmer; Moisés Lemlij Ronald Brown, Ekkehard Gattig, North America: Abby Adams-Silvan, French: Rómulo Lander, Michael Sebek Irene Cairo-Chiandarini, Sharon Zalusky Liliane Flournoy, Marianne Robert, Michel Vice-Presidents Sanchez Cardenas, Francis Loisel, Michèle Jacqueline Amati Mehler, Ronald Language Editors Pollak-Cornillot, J.P. Verecken, Catherine Britton, Sverre Varvin, Alvaro Rey de Ex Officio German Newsletter: Alex Holder Roux. Castro, Cláudio Laks Eizirik, Mónica Alex Holder, English Newsletter: Janice Ahmed Siedmann de Armesto, Helen Meyers, Editor of the Newsletter; French Newsletter: Colette Scherer Spanish: Robert Pyles, Robert Tyson David M. Sachs, Spanish Newsletter: Isabel Bataller Dana Cáceres, Glenda Escajadillo, International New Groups; Bautista Martín Scheuch, Pilar Rodas Riley, Honorary President Piers Pendred, Director General; Corresponding Editors Cecilia Coopman. Leo Rangell Tom Asher, Legal Counsel; Australia: Deborah McIntyre International Psychoanalysis is published biannually Japan: Keigo Okonogi Layout & Production © Copyright 2002, with the exception of the photographs, R.E. Regina Ehlers Grafik&Design The International Psychoanalytical Association Executive Editor Hamburg, Germany No part of this publication may be reproduced without the express consent of the International Janice Ahmed Psychoanalytical Association, “Broomhills”, Woodside Lane, London N12 8UD, England. Printer The Newsletter is published by IPA (Trading) Ltd., as agent for IPA Trust Ltd.. The Publisher accepts no Subeditor GK GmbH responsibility for statements made by contributors. Unless otherwise stated, the views expressed by Hilary Whelan Hamburg, Germany contributors are their own and their publication does not represent endorsement by the Publisher. VOLUME 11 – ISSUE 1 – 2002 EDITORIAL Cover: Ernst Kris (1900 - 1957) Back page: Alexander Mitscherlich (1908 - 1982) CONTENTS EDITORIAL p. 3 Associate Secretary p. 4 Newsletter survey p. 4 Janice Ahmed p. 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Goldberg and Kafka on Nice report p. 5 Zajdman on couch photos p. 5 Woods and Goutal-Valière on homosexuality p. 5 I must start this Editorial with an apology to my colleague Michael Sebek, Statement by Rio 4 p. 6 Brousselle and Reydellet on September 11 p. 7 whose name and photograph were erroneously omitted in the last issue, although he is one of the appointed Associate Secretaries of the IPA. HOME PAGES We are making amends in this issue by carrying his picture. The President’s Column p. 7 The Secretary’s Report p. 9 The Treasurer’s Report p. 14 large part of this Newsletter is devoted to the aftermath of the horrendous terrorist attacks on the Deputy Director General p. 16 A RAB Awardees p. 16 World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington last September. In the ‘Focus’ section, Conceptual Research Committee p. 19 six eminent colleagues from our three regions give us their thoughts on terrorism and terrorists, and Jorge Semprún some answers on what makes a terrorist. In addition, most of the ‘Opinion’ section carries articles by Address to Nice congress p. 19 colleagues in New York and Washington who were directly involved, in one way or another, in the Comment by Cláudio Laks Eizirik p. 22 aftermath of September 11. On the same subject, this section also includes an article by Marcio Deutsche Psychoanalytische Gesellschaft (DPG), Giovannetti which he had written as a response to these shocking events, plus a report by David by Anne-Marie Sandler p. 23 The organizational maturation of the IPA, Tuckett on a conference about the reactions to September 11, which he organized in London at the end by Robert Wallerstein p. 24 of last year. Readers’ attention is also drawn to the IPA Working Group on Terrorism, organized by The Toronto Congress 2003 p. 26 Sverre Varvin. Working Group on Terrorism p. 28 FOCUS In addition to the usual reports by our President, Secretary and Treasurer, the Home Pages also The mind of the terrorist announce the appointment of a Deputy Director General, Diana Chrouch, whose chief tasks will be Vamik Volkan p. 29 managing membership services and assisting the Committee on Resource Development. We are also Ernest Kafka p. 31 very pleased to be able to publish the opening address which was delivered by Jorge Semprún at the Hanna Segal p. 33 Nice Congress, together with a response by Cláudio Laks Eizirik. Shmuel Erlich p. 35 Marcelo Viñar p. 37 Guillermo Sánchez Medina p. 39 As promised in the last issue, this one contains an article by Anne-Marie Sandler on the history of the Deutsche Psychoanalytische Gesellschaft (DPG) and its present status within the IPA. This will, I hope, OPINION clarify many of the questions which members may have in connection with the DPG and its present The aftermath of September 11 affiliation with the IPA. Marcio Giovannetti p. 40 Abby Adams-Silvan p. 41 Barbara Stimmel p. 42 The preparations for the next IPA Congress in Toronto in 2003 are in full swing, and a first report by the Elsa First p. 43 Programme Committee and the Local Arrangements Committee appears in this issue, with more detailed David Sachs p. 45 information to follow in this year’s second issue. Harriet Basseches p. 46 Ruth Lax p. 46 Marsha Levy-Warren p. 48 A telephone survey on the Newsletter was carried out last year among a randomly selected sample of David Tuckett p. 49 members. Although the response rate was rather disappointing, those who did respond expressed their Training institutes: Ahmed Fayek p. 49 general satisfaction; a summary of the survey results appears in this issue. WORLD WIDE PAGES I would also like to draw attention to the revised notes about contributions to the Newsletter, at the Report: China, by Teresa Yuan p. 50 Report: ‘At the end of the battle’, Moisés Lemlij p. 51 very end of this issue. Broomhills has employed a sub-editor whose task it is to peruse submitted In Memoriam p. 53 contributions and edit them carefully - which may include shortening and stylistic improvements - and Report: Dubrovnik summer school, Lilo Plaschkes p. 54 to ensure consistency of presentation. The results of this editorial work should already be apparent IPSO News p. 55 in the present issue. The next issue will appear in a new design. New members and members who have left p. 56 News and forthcoming events p. 58 Europe p. 58 Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Françoise Bokanowski for her work as Language Editor of Latin America p. 61 the French version. She has now resigned and has been replaced Colette Scherer. North America p. 62 Couch photographs wanted p. 63 Contributions to the Newsletter p. 63 Alex Holder, Editor 3 Janice Ahmed: Errata an appreciation Associate Secretary For personal reasons, Janice In the last issue of the Newsletter, the has left the staff of Broomhills at new Executive Council for the period 2001- the beginning of June, after ten 2003 was pictured on pages 6 and 7. years of dedicated work for our Unfortunately, one of the two Associate Secre- organization in a number of capa- taries for Europe, Michael Sebek, was omitted. cities. With my sincerest apologies for this mishap, I now have great pleasure in completing the Executive I know that I speak in the name of hundreds Council in pictures with a photo of Michael Sebek. of members of our organization who have had dealings with Janice in the past and present or Furthermore, for whom she has worked, that her departure on page 7 of the French and English versions, the is felt as a tremendous loss, arousing feelings of Executive Council is erroneously called ‘Executive great sadness in all those who had the great Committee’. Michael Sebek, Associate Secretaires for Europe pleasure of knowing her personally. Results of Newsletter telephone survey In the autumn of 2001, a tele- must be a sizeable group whose reason for failing phone survey on the Newsletter to respond to multiple attempts at contact via a was carried out among IPA number of media must be accounted for by a Members, under the direction of disillusionment with the IPA’. Peter Fonagy (London). He nevertheless concludes that ‘the Newsletter appears to achieve most of the goals which the Of the 150 members of the organization drawn organization has set for it. This conclusion, how- randomly from the 2001 roster, a total of 65 agreed ever, needs to be severely qualified by our inability to be interviewed on the telephone. In his report, to reach more than 43% of the randomly selected Fonagy points out that this ‘low response rate is sample.’ The following results to specific questions a disappointment and raises serious questions therefore have to be read with this proviso in about the validity of this survey’ and that ‘there mind.
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