{"id":3768,"date":"2015-12-01T21:24:33","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T21:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/?post_type=article&p=3768"},"modified":"2015-12-09T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T15:53:30","slug":"parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Articles by Jill Gentile"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jill Gentile<\/strong> (USA)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Parrhesia, Phaedra, and the Polis: Anticipating Psychoanalytic Free Association as Democratic Practice
\n\u2022 On Having No Thoughts: Freedom and Feminine Space
\n\u2022 The Elusive Female Signifier: Reply to Pellegrini and Harris<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Parrhesia, Phaedra, and the Polis:
\nAnticipating Psychoanalytic Free Association as Democratic Practice<\/h2>\n

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Volume LXXXIV, Number 3, p. 589-624, 2015. <\/em><\/p>\n

This essay explores the mostly unexamined analogy of psychoanalytic free association to democratic free speech. The author turns back to a time when free speech was a matter of considerable discussion: the classical period of the Athenian constitution and its experiment with parrhesia. Ordinarily translated into English as \u201cfree speech,\u201d parrhesia is startlingly relevant to psychoanalysis. The Athenian stage\u2014in particular, Hippolytus (Euripides, 5th century BCE)\u2014illustrates this point. Euripides\u2019s tragic tale anticipates Freud\u2019s inquiries, exploring the fundamental link between free speech and female embodiment. The author suggests that psychoanalysis should claim its own conception of a polis as a mediated and ethical space between private and public spheres, between body and mind, and between speaking and listening communities.<\/p>\n

Link to article: <\/strong>http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/psaq.12021\/abstract<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide\"<\/a>On Having No Thoughts: Freedom and Feminine Space<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Volume 12, Number 3, p. 227\u2013251, 2015. <\/em><\/p>\n

This essay explores the semiotic mystery tour at the heart of psychoanalytic free association. Its quest is to contemplate what remains unspoken and unsymbolized by our patients\u2019 claims of \u201chaving no thoughts.\u201d The author follows associations in the psychoanalytic literature that reveal an often hidden link between having \u201cnothing\u201d to say and the missing presence of an obscured, if not invisible, female genital. Naming \u201cthe gaps\u201d in free association is how we conceive and know unspeakable truths, an otherwise inconceivable reality. The \u201cgap\u201d or \u201cspace\u201d in free association obscures and points to the unsignified female genital. Situated between physical actuality and spatial abstraction, the female genital is essential to free association\u2019s path and must be named. The author proposes a \u201cfeminine law,\u201d affirming the primacy of this generative, vaginal space as signifying the mysteries of female power and of unconscious knowledge.<\/p>\n

Link to article: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/dHXKjBcD2is9kbaWAvg7\/full<\/a><\/p>\n

\"IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

The Elusive Female Signifier: Reply to Pellegrini and Harris<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Psychoanalytic Perspectives, Volume 12, Number 3, p. 266\u2013274, 2015. <\/em><\/p>\n

I read the discussions by Pellegrini and Harris in light of my interest in tracking associations that tell the story of the missing, unsignified female genital. Both discussants offer rich associative trails inspired by my essay\u2019s exploration of the silences, the gaps, the \u201cnothing,\u201d that psychoanalytic free association and its literature reveals. Pellegrini\u2019s telling of the story by which Freud came to project unwanted associations of a castrated Jewish male onto female sexuality further illuminates the female genital\u2019s obscured story. But Pellegrini also shifts her gaze from it, by reminding us of a more familiar symbol, the castrated phallus; and she shifts the focus from the female genital\u2019s obscured symbolic status to the obscuration of the Jewish female. Harris suggests lines of division in our thinking and offers cautionary notes. However, we actually share many concerns regarding the symbol\u2019s inevitable links with female bodily materiality and with enduring cultural signifying baggage. Metaphorizing the female genital offers us a possibility of moving beyond trading in binaries by opening a symbolic space between what is material and immaterial, accessible and inaccessible.<\/p>\n

Link to article: <\/strong>http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/eprint\/SD4ru4267aEk49U4I27I\/full<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"gentilephoto1115\"<\/a>Jill Gentile, PhD
\n<\/strong>26 West 9th Street, Suite\u00a010A
\nNew York, NY 10011
\n307 Raritan Avenue
\nHighland Park, NJ \u00a008904
\nEmail Jill Gentile<\/a>
\nwebsite: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/jillgentile<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Parrhesia, Phaedra, and the Polis:
\nAnticipating Psychoanalytic Free Association as Democratic Practice |\u2022| On Having No Thoughts: Freedom and Feminine Space |\u2022| The Elusive Female Signifier: Reply to Pellegrini and Harris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":11,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"issuem_issue":[45],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"class_list":["post-3768","article","type-article","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","issuem_issue-bookshelf-special-edition-december-2015","issuem_issue_categories-articles-paper-presentations-and-other-writing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nThree Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Three Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Parrhesia, Phaedra, and the Polis: Anticipating Psychoanalytic Free Association as Democratic Practice |\u2022| On Having No Thoughts: Freedom and Feminine Space |\u2022| The Elusive Female Signifier: Reply to Pellegrini and Harris\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IARPP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-12-09T15:53:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/\",\"name\":\"Three Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-01T21:24:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-12-09T15:53:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Articles\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Three Articles by Jill Gentile\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/\",\"name\":\"IARPP\",\"description\":\"The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Three Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Three Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP","og_description":"Parrhesia, Phaedra, and the Polis: Anticipating Psychoanalytic Free Association as Democratic Practice |\u2022| On Having No Thoughts: Freedom and Feminine Space |\u2022| The Elusive Female Signifier: Reply to Pellegrini and Harris","og_url":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/","og_site_name":"IARPP","article_modified_time":"2015-12-09T15:53:30+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/","url":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/","name":"Three Articles by Jill Gentile - IARPP","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg","datePublished":"2015-12-01T21:24:33+00:00","dateModified":"2015-12-09T15:53:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/IARPPlogoSwish28pixwide.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/parrhesia-phaedra-and-the-polis-anticipating-psychoanalytic-free-association-as-democratic-practice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Articles","item":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/article\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Three Articles by Jill Gentile"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/","name":"IARPP","description":"The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3867,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/3768\/revisions\/3867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iarpp.net\/thesite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}