In recent years, fascist propagandists have worked to make psychoanalysis a beachhead from which to prosecute discriminatory campaigns against trans people, people of color, and advocates for the rights thereof. How did we get here, and what must we do now? I will offer a general review of research from my forthcoming book on this topic, with an eye towards orienting psychoanalysts to the characteristics of fascist propaganda in our profession, and to articulating the principles of an antifascist psychoanalysis.
At the conclusion of this program, participants will be able to:
Define the concepts of authoritarianism, fascism and antifascism, propaganda, and the useful idiot.
Identify and critically analyze fascist propaganda in psychoanalysis
Describe the principles of an antifascist psychoanalysis.
Dr. Carter is, inter alia, the head labor organizer for the union of Massachusetts state college professors and librarians; a psychoanalytic theorist and researcher with recent papers in Studies in Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Psychoanalysis Culture & Society, and the International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies; a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice; Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Lecturer in the DSW Program, and Affiliated Faculty in the Program for Psychoanalytic Studies, at the University of Pennsylvania; breeder of registered Legacy Dexter cattle at Mayday Farm; small-town newspaper recipe columnist; avid antifascist pain in the neck.
Ashley, F. (2023). Interrogating Gender-Exploratory Therapy. Perspectives on Psychological Science 18 (2), 472-481.
Carter, C., Crath, R., Tronnier, T., Bhargava, H., Bredesen, T., Galeota, J., Garcia-Geary, Q., Espinosa-Setchko, A., Sencherey, D., Steindler, R. (In press). BIPOC’s Experiences of Discrimination in Psychoanalytic Professional Organizations: Results of a Thematic Analysis of Interview Data. The International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies.
Carter, C. (2024). Splitting as Segregation in the Psychoanalytic Institution. Psychoanalytic Dialogues 34 (2), 139-141.
Carter, C. (2024). American Psychoanalytic Institutes: Where Academic Freedom Goes to Die. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society [invited].
Carter, C. (2023). Bullshit!: Response to Burston and Nelson. Free Associations 89, 83-111.
Sheehi, L. (in press). Intent to Harm: Settler Colonial Outposts in Psychoanalysis. Middle East Critique.
Woods, A. (2020). The Work Before Us: Whiteness and the Psychoanalytic Institute. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society 25 (2), pp. 230-249.