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\n \nKnowledge and Its Pretenders
\n \nJoin us for the next in stalment of our Political Mind series\, with speak er David Bell.
\n \nThis paper uses “preten der” in both its familiar sense - what imitates kn owledge - and its older sense\, as in a “pretender to the throne”: that which seeks to usurp knowled ge and replace it with substitutes.
\n \nIt examines how thought-provoking ideas are subtly t ransformed as their offspring harden into dogma\, ritual\, religiosity\, and moralism\, displacing r eflective understanding with the mere accumulation of facts.
\n \nCultures develop their own modes of self-explanation\, but like symptoms\, th ese conceal as much as they reveal. Psychoanalysis is thus well placed to engage critically with the forms of consciousness that shape our age. The id eology of the market\, for example\, has so permea ted social consciousness that it appears as “norma l.” This chapter\, in a longstanding psychoanalyti c tradition\, problematises that apparent normalit y. It explores the forms of subjectivity it produc es and sustains\, with reflections on socio-econom ic crisis\, welfare\, the psychological effects of rising inequality\, and an archaic tendency towar d moralised binaries. In doing so\, it shows how\, under this ideology\, knowledge of the world is d isplaced by its various “pretenders.”
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DESCRIPTION:View the full series here (https://psychoanalysis. org.uk/civicrm-event/1989)\, and access and block booking discount. \n \n \n \n Knowledge and Its Pr etenders\n \n \n \n Join us for the next instalmen t of our Political Mind series\, with speaker Davi d Bell.\n \n \n \n This paper uses “pretender” in both its familiar sense - what imitates knowledge - and its older sense\, as in a “pretender to the throne”: that which seeks to usurp knowledge and r eplace it with substitutes.\n \n \n \n It examines how thought-provoking ideas are subtly transforme d as their offspring harden into dogma\, ritual\, religiosity\, and moralism\, displacing reflective understanding with the mere accumulation of facts .\n \n \n \n Cultures develop their own modes of s elf-explanation\, but like symptoms\, these concea l as much as they reveal. Psychoanalysis is thus w ell placed to engage critically with the forms of consciousness that shape our age. The ideology of the market\, for example\, has so permeated social consciousness that it appears as “normal.” This c hapter\, in a longstanding psychoanalytic traditio n\, problematises that apparent normality. It expl ores the forms of subjectivity it produces and sus tains\, with reflections on socio-economic crisis\ , welfare\, the psychological effects of rising in equality\, and an archaic tendency toward moralise d binaries. In doing so\, it shows how\, under thi s ideology\, knowledge of the world is displaced b y its various “pretenders.”\n \n \n \n \n Please n ote: This event will be recorded\, and available t o registered participants for 1 week.\n \n \n \n \ n REFUND POLICY: Full refunds are offered for canc ellations made before 14 days before the event dat e or first day of an event or series. For full eve nt booking terms and conditions click here. (https ://psychoanalysis.org.uk/node/103004)\n \n \n \n C oncession tickets are available\, for students\, B PAS candidates and NHS trainees. Please email outr each@iopa.org.uk (http://iopa.org.uk/) if you are unsure if you qualify for a concession ticket.\n \ n \n \n Views and opinions expressed by speakers a re their own and do not represent the views or opi nions of the Institute\, event organisers or other speakers. We expect delegates to respect the conf identiality of clinical material discussed in our events. The content must not be recorded\, conveye d or disseminated in any format and participants m ust not share access to the event with non-registe red participants.\n \n CATEGORIES:Lecture CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T201500 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T201500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T214500 LOCATION:Online via Zoom\n United Kingdom\n URL:https://psychoanalysis.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1997 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR