Manifesto for a New Psychoanalysis in the Digital Age

Ecology, plurality, transdisciplinarity, commitment.

In an era of digital ubiquity, psychoanalysis is at a crossroads. We are the New Psychoanalysts, promoting constant evolution and calling for a radical shift that integrates contemporary challenges and embraces a more inclusive, ecological and transdisciplinary approach.

1. Psychic and environmental ecology

Psychoanalysis must transcend boundaries to embrace the totality and diversity of human experience, including our relationship with the world. We encourage all psychoanalysts to become aware of the environmental crisis in order to decode the anxieties associated with our negative impact on the planet. The personal unconscious is connected to the collective unconscious; if you listen carefully, you can hear the echoes of an ecological emergency in our dreams and fantasies.

2. Plurality and epistemic diversity

The renewal of psychoanalysis requires a strong recognition and celebration of diversity within epistemologies (North and South) and cultures. The new generations of psychoanalysts adopt an inclusive approach, rejecting any form of prejudice. We wish for an intercultural dialogue in which all psychoanalytic traditions and cultures can intertwine, creating a rich and complex tapestry that can ultimately help to understand the wide range of human experience.

3. Transdisciplinarity

Psychoanalysis needs to break out of academic boundaries. We call for a transdisciplinary methodology that integrates other humanities, sciences and performing arts into our field. Interdisciplinary collaboration is the crucible from which new perspectives emerge.

4. Engagement in everyday life:

Psychoanalysts should also get out of the consulting room. We want to be involved in everyday life, ready to explore the psychic dimensions of social, political and economic issues. Through the clinic, individual therapy should lead to an understanding of collective dynamics, contributing to the construction of a more balanced and empathetic society.

5. Dialogue with the performing arts

The New Psychoanalysts recognise the performing arts as a powerful way of expressing the unconscious. Psychoanalysts should be open to music, dance, theatre and the visual arts. These channels carry the aesthetic echoes of our psychic processes and greatly expand the field of exploration.

6. Complexity and openness

The identity of the New Psychoanalysts is fuelled by many inspirations, working around categories. We celebrate the complexity of the individual and reject all forms of dogmatism. Authenticity and honesty are the pillars of a psychoanalysis that honours the heterogeneity of human life.

7. Building and maintaining a Translation Centre

The New Psychoanalysts support the project of a Translation Centre, a focal point where words and texts in their original languages can be meticulously rediscovered and re-evaluated through translation. By challenging the rigidity of singular interpretations, which often tend to feed fundamentalism, we aim to deconstruct all prejudices and preconceptions. Exploring nuances and untranslatable subtleties from one language to another, this translation hub is a vibrant and open place that resists dogma and simplistic reduction.
 

This manifesto calls for a profound renewal of psychoanalysis, recognising its crucial role in understanding humanity in the digital age. It is a call for innovation, openness and engagement, for a discipline that evolves in harmony with the complexity of the contemporary world.