WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Via Zoom
$40 for 2 CMEs/CEs
$20 without CMEs/CEs
The ancient discipline of rhetoric has had substantial influence on various theories of psychoanalysis and vice versa, especially as the study of speech and its relationship to desire, trauma, and affect is central to both. The unconscious, as a web of interconnected symbols, has been described as either a “grammar” or a “rhetoric,” but the distinction between these concepts and the affordances of each can be unclear. This talk explores how some rhetorical concepts have already been taken up by psychoanalysts and suggests new opportunities for contemporary rhetorical theory to make contributions to our understanding of metaphor, metonymy, propriety, and other tropes and figures in speech.
Learning Objectives:
Following this presentation, participants will be able to:
1) Define the field of rhetoric and identify at least one area of overlap between rhetoric and psychoanalysis as fields of inquiry.
2) Name several rhetorical tropes and figures and describe their use in speech.
About our Presenter:
Calum Matheson, Ph.D., is the Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh where his work centers on rhetoric, media, and psychoanalysis as means to study topics like conspiracy theories, disinformation, Internet subcultures, and the cultural impact of nuclear weapons. He is a graduate of the Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center and a member of the faculty.
CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION (CME)
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The American Psychoanalytic Association designates this Live Activity for a maximum of [2] AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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the extent of their participation in the activity.
PLEASE NOTE: Participants must pay tuition fee, sign in, attend the entire presentation, and complete an evaluation in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants not fulfilling these requirements will not receive a certificate. Partial credit is not available.
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