Freud’s Afternoon Session – Greek Myths for a Post-truth World
About this Event
What can ancient Greek myths teach us about the troubles and challenges of our post-truth times: environmental degradation, mass migration, war, inequality, exclusion, authoritarianism, and perplexing technological possibilities? Using some of his favourite myths as points of departure, Yiannis Gabriel will invite the audience to think and experience the world we inhabit mythologically – to engage with emotions and symbolism that lurk deeply inside old texts and to consider different courses of action, individual and collective, they open up. In addition to acting as fountains of meaning when meaning is precarious and fragmented, Greek myths, he will argue, have a therapeutic power helping us face the future with greater fortitude and practical wisdom that we so badly need in our times.
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Speaker:
Yiannis Gabriel, a Greek social psychologist, is Professor Emeritus at Bath University, UK. Since his PhD on Psychoanalysis at the University of California, Berkeley, and his first book Freud and Society, Gabriel has used psychoanalytic insights and theories to study a wide range of political, cultural and organizational phenomena, ranging from authoritarianism, nostalgia, consumerism, miasma and organizational trauma.
As a Greek, he has had a life-long fascination with stories and myths which have played a large part in his research published in fourteen books, including Music and Story: A Two-Part Invention (2022), Myths, Stories, and Organizations: Premodern Narratives for Our Times (2004), Organizations in Depth: The Psychoanalysis of Organizations (1999) and Storytelling In Organizations: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasies (2000).
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Complement your visit to the Freud Museum with one of our tours or talks led by staff, volunteers and guest speakers.
Afternoon Sessions are free with your admission ticket. Book your admission ticket now!
The event will be held on the first floor of the Museum during regular opening hours. Unfortunately, the Freud Museum does not currently have step-free access. Advance booking is highly recommended, as capacity is limited.
Concessions/Members/Patrons: Please show proof of eligibility/membership card on arrival.
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*Book cover designed by Terry Woodley and illustrated by Marianne Gabriel.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 0.00 to GBP 14.90
