In the year the Freud Museum celebrates its 40th anniversary, this lecture proposes a reflection on the relevance of Freud's work. More than a century after the emergence of psychoanalysis, its ideas continue to arouse interest, provoke debate and raise new questions. What explains this permanence?
In this in-person lecture, held at the Freud Museum in London, the renowned psychoanalyst, professor and writer Christian Dunker proposes a reflection on the presence of psychoanalysis in today's world. Starting from themes such as psychological suffering, identity, culture and politics, the conversation seeks to discuss why psychoanalysis continues to offer a way of understanding the present and the impasses of human experience.
Christian Dunker is a psychoanalyst, full professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of São Paulo (USP) and Analista Membro de Escola of the Fórum do Campo Lacaniano. He holds a master's and doctorate in Psychology from USP, with postdoctoral research at Manchester Metropolitan University.