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The Narcissistic Dynamics of Submission: The Attraction of the Powerless to Authoritarian Leaders.

The Narcissistic Dynamics of Submission: The Attraction of the Powerless to Authoritarian Leaders.

Sun 27 Mar 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BST

Online, Zoom

The Narcissistic Dynamics of Submission: The Attraction of the Powerless to Authoritarian Leaders.

Sun 27 Mar 2022 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BST

Online, Zoom

Description


Paper and dialogue: Jay Frankel will present his paper The Narcissistic Dynamics of Submission: The Attraction of the Powerless to Authoritarian Leaders. 

Jay Frankel uses Ferenczi’s trauma theory to think about what compels people towards authoritarian leaders and refers to more recent events.
There will be space to think with Jay about his presentation.

Date & time: Sunday March 27th 2022 3-5pm London time. 

Note: British summer time begins that day.

Venue: Zoom – a link will be sent the day of the event to registrants.

You can find an earlier paper that introduces some of the ideas here: ☞

Bio:
Jay Frankel, Ph. D. (Presenter), is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, and Clinical Consultant, in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, at New York University; Associate Editor, and previously Executive Editor, of the journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues; co-author (with Neil Altman, Richard Briggs, Daniel Gensler, and Pasqual Pantone) of Relational Child Psychotherapy (Other Press, 2002); co-editor (with Aleksandar Dimitrijevic and Gabriele Cassullo) of Ferenczi’s Influence on Contemporary Psychoanalytic Traditions (Routledge, 2018); and author of three dozen journal articles, book chapters, as well as numerous conference presentations and lectures, on topics including trauma, identification with the aggressor, authoritarianism, the analytic relationship, the work of Sándor Ferenczi, play, child psychotherapy, relational psychoanalysis, and others.



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