Confusion of Tongues

Professor Miguel Gutierrez-Pelaez, PhD, is Director of the Psychology Program of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences of the Universidad del Rosario, where he is also editor of the journal Avances en Psicologia Latinoamericana and is member of the Center for Psychosocial Studies (CEPSO). He is member of the Interdisciplinary study group of Peace and Conflict (JANUS) at the Universidad del Rosario. Dr Gutierrez-Pelaez is a psychologist from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ) and obtained his MA in Psyschoanalysis and PhD in Psychology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). He is a member of the World Association of Psychoanalysis (AMP) and the New Lacanian School (NEL). In addition, he is Secretary for Colombia of the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation (WAPR). He has taught in different universities in Colombia and Argentina and worked as a clinician in different mental health institutions in both countries. He has worked with Colombian soldiers and police officers who fought in war zones, as well as with other persons with psychological difficulties derived from the armed conflict. He is the author of various publications in indexed journals on issues related to trauma, art and mental illness, and psychosocial interventions in armed conflict scenarios.

• Table of ContentsPrologue (by Héctor López)Acknowledgements1 Unveiling Ferenczi2 In the Terrain of Trauma3 Re-reading Project4 OLD RUPTURES, NEW CONNECTIONS5 The History of "Confusion of Tongues between the Adult and the Child"6 ON TRANSLATION AND THE CONFUSION OF TONGUES7 BABEL AND THE TOWER OF BABEL8 WALTER BENJAMIN’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE "CONFUSION OF TONGUES"9 THE DEATH OF GOD AND THE "LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS"10 THE OTHER "OTHER" IN LÉVINAS11 Lacan. On the Verges of Psychoanalytic Experience12 AWAKENING TO TRAUMA 13 THE RETURN TO FERENCZI14 FINAL CONSIDERATIONSREFS