RU104: DR KATHARINA ROTHE ON PSYCHOANALYSIS, THE PSYCHOSOCIAL & THE POLITICAL

Katharina Rothe, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst and psychosocial researcher. She is a graduate of psychoanalytic training at the W. A. White Institute in New York - http://www.wawhite.org - where she also teaches the course Gender, Sex & Sexuality. Alongside maintaining a private practice in New York City, she is widely published in academic journals and books on psychoanalysis, qualitative methods in psychoanalytic social research, sex and gender, anti-Semitism, racism, the aftermath of National Socialism and the Holocaust. She is a co-editor of the German journal Psychoanalyse. Texte zur Sozialforschung [Psychoanalysis, Contributions to Social Research] - https://www.psychologie-aktuell.com/journale/psychoanalyse/impressum.html - and an on the editorial board of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/uucp20/current. Together with Daniel Rosengart (John Jay College, CUNY) and Steffen Krüger (University of Oslo) she has just completed the translation of the essay In-Depth Hermeneutical Cultural Analysis (1986) by the late psychoanalyst, sociologist and Critical Theorist Alfred Lorenzer [1922-2002]. It will be published with UIT (Unconscious in Translation) in 2020. https://uitbooks.com Homepage: http://www.consult-ny.com Mentioned in this episode: Link to Dr. Rothe's article on "Psychoanalysis and the Political" on Psychoanalysis Today: http://www.psychoanalysis.today/en-GB/PT-Articles/Rothe164015/Psychoanalysis-and-the-Political-(1).aspx You may also find her articles on "Intimacy: Inner Space and Relating with Others" and "Psychoanalysis in the Epicenter of the Pandemic" http://www.psychoanalysis.today/en-GB/Authors/Biography.aspx?iMISID=164015 Alfred Lorenzer (1986) “In-Depth Hermeneutical Cultural Analysis” [Tiefenhermeneutische Kulturanalyse]. In: A. Lorenzer (Ed.) Kultur-Analysen. Frankfurt/Main: Fischer. Link to a special issue of the journal Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society volume 15, 213–220 (2010) where Lorenzer was introduced to the Anglophone world: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/pcs.2010.15 Peter Redman, one of the editors, also did the line edits for our translation of the essay. Link to the Sigmund-Freud-Institut, that Lorenzer was also a part of at his time. https://www.sigmund-freud-institut.de/index.php/institut/organisation/organisation-english-version/ Dr. Rothe's ‘doctoral parents’ Drs. Thomas Leithäuser and Elfriede Löchel. There is no English and no current link for Prof. Dr. Thomas Leithäuser who is now in retirement. Prof. Dr. Elfriede Löchel https://www.ipu-berlin.de/en/professoren/loechel-elfriede/ Link to the International Research Group for Psycho-Societal Analysis that I mentioned and of which Leithäuser was a founding member. This year’s conference was of course cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. https://psycho-societal.org/history/ Rendering Unconscious Podcast is hosted by Dr. Vanessa Sinclair http://www.renderingunconscious.org/about/ http://www.drvanessasinclair.net You can support the podcast at our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/vanessa23carl Your support is greatly appreciated! Rendering Unconscious is also a book and e-book! Rendering Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Politics and Poetry (Trapart Books, 2019) https://store.trapart.net/details/00000 The track at the end of the episode is “Synthesis Incarnate” from the album "Mirrors" by Vanessa Sinclair & Carl Abrahamsson, available as part of a 2CD boxset from Trapart Editions & Highbrow Lowlife: https://store.trapart.net/details/00111 Also available at Bandcamp: https://vanessasinclaircarlabrahamsson.bandcamp.com Image of Dr. Katharina Rothe