The Instituto Francés of Madrid is organising a meeting with the writer Clotilde Leguil this evening at 7 p.m. in its media library, where she will present her latest book, Ceder no es consentir (To give in is not to acquiesce).
Giving in is not consenting. This seems obvious. However, it is necessary to delineate the borderline between these two verbs, as sometimes there can be a dangerous proximity between the two. Consent, in fact, always implies a risk: I can never know beforehand where it will lead me. Could it be then that consent leaves the way open to coercion? The experience of passion, anguish in the relation to the other and obedience to the superego blur the boundary between consent and coercion within the subject herself.
Drawing on the #MeToo movement and the story of Vanessa Springora, Clotilde Leguil explores the subjective roots of consent. From psychoanalysis, she shows that desire is not the impulse and that confrontation with coercion leaves an indelible mark.
Clotilde Leguil is a psychoanalyst and philosopher. She teaches in the Department of Psychoanalysis at the University of Paris 8 Saint-Denis and is a member of the École de la Cause freudienne. She is the author of several essays, including L’Être et le Genre, homme/femme après Lacan (2015) and “Je”, une traversée des identités (2018).
Pages: 192
Publisher: NUEVOS EMPRENDIMIENTOS EDITORIALES
Binding: Soft cover
ISBN: 9788419407160
RPP: 20,80 euros
