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

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

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…