PSYCHOANALYSIS News Magazine of the International Psychoanalytical Association New Orleans Congress: Full Speed Ahead
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International Volume 12, Issue 2, December 2003 PSYCHOANALYSIS News Magazine of the International Psychoanalytical Association New Orleans Congress: full speed ahead Psychoanalytic perspectives on prejudice The interdisciplinary programme International Association Internationale Asociación Psychoanalytical Psychanalytique Psychoanalytische Psicoanalítica Association Internationale Vereinigung Internacional 2 CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS THE NEWS MAGAZINE OF THE IPA. ISSN 1564-0361 Editor Alex Holder Past Editors Ethel Person, Leopold Nosek Regional Editors Europe: Michel Vincent, Henrik Enckell, Giuseppina Antinucci. Latin America: Renato Canovi, Eduardo Laverde Rubio, Germano Vollmer Filho. North America: Abby Adams-Silvan, Irene Cairo, Sharon Zalusky. Contents Language Editors German News Magazine: Alex Holder English News Magazine: Robert Stein French News Magazine: Colette Scherer Contents Spanish News Magazine: Cecilio Paniagua 3 Editorial Corresponding Editors Australia: Deborah McIntyre. Japan: Keigo Okonogi 4 Letters Production Manager Robert Stein Couches again … Sub-Editor Sophie Richmond Translation Team German: Elisabeth Vorspohl, Katrin Grünepütt, 4 People Joachim Roether. English Philip Slotkin, Rachel Holder French: Danielle Goldstein, Yves Le Juen, Marianne Robert, Catherine Roux. 5 IPA Activities Spanish: María Julia Sainz Bello, Magdalena Padrón Araújo, Pilar Rodas Riley. The President’s column: Daniel Widlöcher discusses state Layout, Production and Print recognition of psychoanalysis 5 Bobbett Creative Communications The International Psychoanalytical Association Past Secretary-General Alain Gibeault outlines Executive Council President Daniel Widlöcher some changes at the IPA 6 Secretary Donald Campbell and the incoming Secretary-General Don Campbell Treasurer Nadine Levinson writes about current issues 7 Representatives Sander Abend, Marilia Aisenstein, Werner Bohleber, Stefano Bolognini, Aloysio D’Abreu, Henk Jan Dalewijk, Norman Doidge, Shmuel Erlich, Accounting for 2002: Richard Fox, James Gooch, Charles Hanly, Celia Katz de Eskenazi, Leopold Nosek, Moisés Lemlij gives his final report 8 Carmen Médici de Steiner, Robert Pyles, Agneta Sandell, Robert Tyson, Sverre Varvin, Prejudice: Isaac Tylim reports on a briefing on Marcelo Viñar, Fernando Weissmann, Raquel Zak de Goldstein Palestinian/Israeli relations 10 President-Elect Cláudio Laks Eizirik Secretary-Designate Mónica Siedmann de Armesto Henri Parens discusses the origins of prejudice 36 Honorary President Leo Rangell IPA-COWAP European Conference: Honorary Vice-President Robert S. Wallerstein Corporate Officers ‘Incest yesterday and today’ Giovanna Ambrosia reports 37 Piers Pendred (Director General) Tom Asher (Legal Counsel) IPA Research Advisory Board grants: NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO Peter Fonagy discusses the changes in psychoanalytic INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOANALYSIS 1. Languages culture brought about by the RAB 38 Contributions can be submitted in any of the four working languages of the IPA, i.e. English, French, German or Spanish. New Developments for New Orleans Congress 39 2. Deadlines The two annual issues of International Psychoanalysis have deadlines for the submission of contributions 40 World Activities which must be strictly adhered to. Failure to do so may mean that the contribution will have to be Europe: Anna Freud Centre; Denmark; Finland - EPF; Germany; held over until the following issue or have to be scrapped altogether. Sweden; Australia 40 The deadlines for submission of Latin America: Argentina; Brazil; Uruguay 41 contributions are as follows: 31 January for the first issue North America: USA 42 31 August for the second issue 3. Methods of submission Contributions must be submitted to the address listed under 4 below, either (a) as an e-mail attachment, or (b) on a diskette in RTF format (Rich Text format). 4. Addresses for contributions All contributions must be sent to The Editor Dr Alex Holder International Körnerstr. 17, 22301 Hamburg, Germany email: [email protected] PSYCHOANALYSIS 5. Exceptions International Psychoanalytical Association Contributions from Component Societies which are Cover photo: Steamboat Natchez part of the news and calendar of events section Broomhills, Woodside Lane, London N12 8UD, UK Richard Nowitz © New Orleans should, in the first place, be sent to one of the Tel: +44 20 8446 8324 Fax: +44 20 8445 4729 Metropolitan Convention and three Regional Editors. Email: [email protected] www.ipa.org.uk Visitors Bureau, Inc. EDITORIAL 3 If it had not been for SARS, we Since I took over the editorship of the You will notice that although we would now be looking back on this Newsletter – now the News Magazine have maintained the division between year’s Congress in Toronto. Instead, – in 1998, each issue has focused on the News section and the Insight this postponed Congress will now a ‘hot’ topic of general interest such section, the two parts are now bound take place in New Orleans in March as: The Future of Psychoanalysis; The together, with the Insight section in 2004, with the same overall theme Organization of the IPA; The Status of the centre so that any reader who of Working at the Frontiers. Training Analyst; Homosexuality; and wishes to keep that section separately Telephone Analysis. My experience can easily detach it from the rest of Editorial had been that most of the colleagues the News Magazine. I approached with a request to write An article in this issue informs our Sadly, we have to announce the death on one of these topics readily agreed. readers of the developments for New of Han Groen-Prakken, with a short For this issue’s focus on the Crisis Orleans, with the hope that many of obituary notice by Daniel Widlöcher. in Psychoanalysis, however, it was you will decide to take part. Instead For many years, I had the great necessary to approach altogether of the planned changeover from the pleasure of working with Han on the sixteen colleagues in order to secure old administration to the new Board Executive of the EPF, and her shrewd the articles which you will find in of Representatives taking place in and determined commitment to the the present issue. Of those I had Toronto, this had to be accomplished issues at hand, and her unforgettable approached initially, two did not during two days of meetings in sense of humour, will always remain even respond, five others declined for London at the end of July, where alive in my memory. Stefano Bolognini was appointed as one reason or another. Is it the topic European Representative in place of itself that made so many colleagues Finally, I have to announce two Don Campbell. It also marked the unwilling to write a contribution, changes in the Editorial Team of the changeover from Alain Gibeault to or is it symptomatic of something News Magazine. Henning Paikin, Donald Campbell as our Secretary- else? At any rate, you will find that who has been one of the European General, from Moisés Lemlij to Nadine the views expressed in the articles Regional Editors since the beginning Levinson as our Treasurer, and the printed here differ greatly, ranging of my editorship, has had to resign instalment of Cláudio Laks Eizirik from the opinion that psychoanalysis for health reasons. Henning has been as our President-Elect and Mónica is not in a crisis at all to the view one of my most active Regional Siedmann de Armesto as his Secretary- that psychoanalysis is doomed if the Editors and has contributed much Designate. So, in this issue, you present crisis is not taken seriously to the News Magazine through his will find, in addition to the usual and steps taken to overcome it. And suggestions. My gratitude and thanks President’s Column, reports by both many of the articles do indeed come go to him for this, and his unstinting the outgoing and the incoming up with suggestions as to how best support and cooperation. His place Secretaries and a final report by overcome the present crisis. has been taken by Henrik Enckell from the Finnish Society. We also have a Moisés Lemlij as outgoing Treasurer, I had expected that the controversial new Language Editor for the Spanish at the end of which he makes some topic of telephone analysis in the last edition since Mercedes Valcarce interesting recommendations. issue would elicit a great number of unfortunately gave up the job after responses from our readers. Instead, In the December 2002 issue, we taking care of one issue only. The new we only received one short letter on published an article by Robert Spanish Editor is Cecilio Paniagua the subject. I am therefore all the more Wallerstein on the history of the IPA’s from Madrid. I welcome both to the grateful to Sharon Zalusky for writing endeavours to financially support Editorial Board and hope for a good a response to her discussants for this research projects by IPA members. and successful collaboration. This article is complemented in the issue so that, hopefully, we can look present issue with one by Peter forward to further reactions in the next issue, and perhaps some contributions Fonagy in which he outlines the Alex Holder, on the crisis in psychoanalysis. results of this investment in research. Editor OBITUARY Han Groen-Prakken (1927 – 2003) A member of the Dutch Psychoanalytical countries formerly under the sway of Just as Society, she had been President of the the Soviet Union. International EPF and had played an important part I had known Han personally for many Psychoanalysis in the IPA for a number of years. A more years, in particular in connection with the was going to detailed appreciation of her life and EPF, but we also worked closely together press, we heard career will appear in the next issue. during the last decade on a joint project the news of the I would particularly like to record the associated with the Belgrade Study Group. death of Han vital contribution that she made to the I know how fond our Serbian friends were Groen-Prakken. development of psychoanalysis in the of her. Personally, my memory is of a We had known European countries released from the colleague of great modesty, whose keen for some time shackles of totalitarianism.