Psychoanalysis in Egypt: A problem of non‐accession

This article retraces the advent of psychoanalysis in Egypt and the way in which it has failed to differentiate itself from medical and academic models, remaining dominated by the figure of the persecuting Master outside its ranks and the paternal Master within them. It then goes on to discuss the a...

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Published inInternational journal of applied psychoanalytic studies Vol. 21; no. 3
Main Authors Ben Slama, Raja, Beshara, Robert K.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.09.2024
Subjects
anti‐Freudian feminism
Arab world
cogito
discourse of the master
hatred of outsiders
history of psychoanalysis
non‐accession
Psychoanalysis
resistance
subject of science
trauma
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Summary:This article retraces the advent of psychoanalysis in Egypt and the way in which it has failed to differentiate itself from medical and academic models, remaining dominated by the figure of the persecuting Master outside its ranks and the paternal Master within them. It then goes on to discuss the arguments typically set forward to explain resistance to psychoanalysis in Egypt and the Arab world in general, and this with an aim to both relativizing and exploring such positions. Such resistance can indeed be identified not only within the sphere of the demand for analysis.
Bibliography:This article was originally published as ‘La psychanalyse en Egypte’ by Raja Ben Slama in the journal Topique. Here it is translated and with a preface by Robert Beshara.
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ISSN:1742-3341
1556-9187
DOI:10.1002/aps.1881