Session 3 – Asperger’s Syndrome, what it says about the subject

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzXSjFaLpAWhether thought of in terms of Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Asperger’s Syndrome is a complex, life-long neurodevelopmental disorder that appears before the age of 3 years and affects all areas of child development. It causes difficulty in communication, social interaction and repetitive behaviour, which reflect both a deficit and an…

Session 2 – The Althusser case or the erasure of the subject

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In The Future Lasts Forever, philosopher Louis Althusser attempts to justify the murder of his wife, Hélène, as the “very sign of [her] erasure”. This is an opportunity to address the melancholy question and to question the psychologization of a feminicide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0dhn7ecqygLouis Althusser, a leading figure of the rue d’Ulm and the intellectual circles of…