Pre-published Symposium 2026 papers

This collection includes a range of programme speakers’ presentations from the EPF 60 years Symposium - Democracy and Psychoanalysis: past, present and future.

Please note that the pre-published papers are works in progress that will be fully developed during the course of the Symposium.

LEADERSHIP MATTERS

Jan Abram: The Democratic Self: on democratic object relations in the EPF leadership role

Heribert Blass: Triadic competence and the recognition of difference as the psychic foundation of democracy

Serge Frisch: Strengthening institutional democracy and freedom by developing the EPF structures

Alain Gibeault: From Representation to Dialogue: Democracy and Leadership in the EPF

Evelyne Séchaud: Freedoms

David Tuckett: What really matters and the future of psychoanalysis

DIALOGUES

Sotiris Manolopoulos with Claire-Marine François-Poncet: Believing in democracy

Michael Parsons with Nergis Güleç: Psychoanalysis and democracy; from infancy onwards

Bernard Reith with Renate Kohlheimer: Conflict and creativity in psychoanalytic organisations: catalyst or danger?

Elda Abrevaya with Udo Hock: Psychoanalysis and democracy in times of war and peace

Christophe Dejours with Christos Zervis: Between Psychoanalysis and Democracy: Why Make a Place for Living Work (« Travail Vivant »)?

COMMITTEES (EPCUS, House, Archives)

Charlotta Björklind: EPCUS: Past, Present, and Future — Bridging the Gap Between Psychoanalysis and the University

Joëlle Picard: A House, a Place, and its Dynamics - Notes from the EPF House committee

Jasminka Šuljagić: Formation, working through and democracy