Osservare e descrivere legami

individui e come specie, possiamo per lo meno partecipare. In quest'ottica, anche la psicoanalisi non si porrà come una scienza capace di fornire risposte e soluzioni, piuttosto come uno strumento che può consentire soltanto di osservare e descrivere legami (tra individui, nei gruppi, all'interno delle istituzioni), con la fiducia nel valore trasformativo che tale descrizione potrà già avere e nella possibilità che ne deriva di partecipare all'evoluzione rendendo personale (soggettivando), per quanto possibile, la nostra esistenza. [Testo dell'editore]

As human beings, in our lives we find ourselves confronted with the differences between sexual genders (male and female), between generations (parent and child) and between individuals and groups: this comparison exposes us to unavoidable and repeated narcissistic wounds. In particular, the difference between individual and group occurs in different contexts of our relationships, from the relationship with ourselves to situations as a couple, from the groups we participate in to the institutions we frequent. These confrontations in these various settings expose us to a work of continuous intertwining and untying of the plot of our identity and of our life, whereas the unconscious dimensions of our personality are also located outside our individual subjectivity. Whenever we are able to tolerate this changement which concerns us and which we do not control, then we can also access a dimension of trust in the continuous making and unmaking of our existences, in the evolution itself in which, as individuals and

as a species, we can at least participate. In this perspective, psychoanalysis will not present itself as a science capable of providing answers and solutions, but rather as a tool which can only allow us to observe and describe bonds (between individuals, in groups, within institutions), with the trust in the transformative value which such a description can already have and in the possibility which derives from it to take part in evolution by making our existence personal (subjective), as much as possible. [Publisher's text]