Metaphor and Crisis in Freud and Derrida

Nina Morgan (Kennesaw State University)

European Provocations

Metaphor and Crisis in Freud and Derrida
 
Tuesday 26 November, 6.30 – 8pm
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
 
Nina Morgan, Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University
 
Chair: Simon Glendinning, Reader in European Philosophy, European Institute, LSE and Director of the Forum for European Philosophy  
 
In times of crisis, our understanding often makes recourse to metaphorical expressions of our condition. How (if at all) does this metaphoricity work for us? Whether in dreams, poetry, or philosophy, metaphor and symbols play a powerful role in shaping our experience. A comparison of Jacques Derrida (Athens, Still Remains) and Sigmund Freud (A Disturbance of Memory on the Acropolis), as travellers facing the ruins of Athens, will offer insight into the trans-forming work of metaphors.
  

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