"A Third Individuation: Immigration, Identity, and the Psychoanalytic Process" is a psychoanalytic paper by Salman Akhtar that presents immigration as an important developmental task leading to substantial changes in identity. Rather than viewing migration as a sociological issue or an adaptive problem, Akhtar proposes seeing immigration as a form of psychological reorganization, akin to other developmental tasks described by Mahler, such as separation-individuation. The conc

In Fascism’s Erotic Register , psychoanalyst Sue Grand invites us to see fascism not just as a political pathology, but as a psychic and emotional formation shaped by how desire, fear, and identity intertwine. Drawing on Umberto Eco’s idea of “Ur-Fascism,” she emphasizes that fascism isn’t tied to a single ideology; it thrives on a recurring structure that sacralizes violence and rigid gender hierarchies. In this framework, fascism does more than oppress in the name of power:

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Writing in 1926, when Karen Horney penned "The Flight from Womanhood: The Masculinity-Complex in Women, as Viewed by Men and by Women," she entered a psychoanalytic world deeply carved by male thinkers, male assumptions, and masculine cultural norms. Today, her writing feels almost prophetic and surprisingly modern because she recognized how culture shapes gender psychology long before the field of feminist psychology existed. This article offers a clear and concise overview