The Sixth Annual
Psychodynamics and the Social
ASA Mini-Conference—San Francisco Hilton (Room: Union Square 5/6)
Friday, August 15th, 2014
Co-organized by Lynn Chancer and Lauren Langman
9:00-9:30 Coffee and Welcome Gathering 9:30-10:45 PLENARY
SESSION: Jeffrey Prager, UCLA
“Melancholia and the Racial Order: A Psychosocial Analysis of American
Racism”
10:45-12:15 Session 1
A - Union Square 5
B - Union Square 6
White Men: Sometimes Angry, Sometimes Sociology and Psychoanalysis: In Theory
Loving
John Andrews (Hunter),
Harriet Fraad (Hypnotherapist/Private Practice),
“Resistances to Psychoanalysis: Sociology’s
“Going Postal: Capitalism and American
Epistemological Paradox”
Masculinity”
Doug Kellner (UCLA),
“Death as Spectacle: Spree Shooting in America”
Lauren Langman (Loyola),
“Hold Your Ground: The City on the Hill is Armed
and Dangerous”
Michael Lerner (Editor, Tikkun Magazine),
“Putting Love Back into Social Change Movements”
Lynn Chancer (Hunter), “C. Wright Mills and
the Psychosocial Imagination”
Neil McLaughlin (McMaster U.),
“Escapes Fromm Freedom”
12:15-1.45 LUNCH - (see end of program for several close and affordable lunch spots)
1:45-3:15 Session 2
Domination: From the Political to the
Sociology and Psychoanalysis Methods,
Personal and the Bodily
Concepts and Innovations
Lynn Chancer (Hunter), “Fragmentation and
The US Left: A Psychosocial Analysis”
Roger Salerno (Pace), “ Relational
Psychoanalysis and Critical Theory
Jerry Lembke (Holy Cross), TBI: The
Missing Link in PTSD’s Search for
Biomarkers?
Vikash Singh (Montclair State),
David Smith (U. Kansas), “How Bullies Get “Sociological Misrecognition and
The Empirical Assessment of Social Facts”
Their Way”
3:15-3:30 BREAK
3:30-5:00 Session 3
A - Union Square 5
Neoliberal Civilization and its
Discontents
Sam Binkley (Emerson),
“Happiness as Enterprise”
Dan Krier (Iowa),
“Wilhelm Reich and The Art of
Motorcycle Rallies”
B - Union Square 6
Sociology and Psychoanalysis: In Practice
Gilda Zwerman (SUNY Old Westbury)
“Psychosocial Dimensions of a Project on US
Activism and Political Violence”
Kevin Moran (Graduate Center CUNY),
“Psychosocial Dynamics in the Youth Street
Marty Prosano (Missouri State),
Gang”
“Unacknowledged Humiliation , Part 2: An Ilgin Yorukoglu (Hunter),
Element of the Psycho-Social Basis of Fascist
“‘Belonging, somehow’: Acts of Belonging
Domination
at the Intersection of Ethnicity, Sexuality,
Carl Ratner (Humbolt State),
and Citizenship”
“The Dialectics of Neoliberal
Psychology”
5:00 – 5:20
SUMMARY COMMENTS
Doug Kellner, UCLA
5:20 – 6:15
PERFORMANCE
Patricia Clough, Queens College and Graduate Center CUNY,
“The Rosary”
6:15 – 7:30
Drinks (at a local bar—suggest Johnny Foley’s as below)
8:00
DINNER—FANG RESTAURANT (see below for info and RSVP info)
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PLEASE RSVP for Conference and Dinner to
Lynn Chancer: lchancer@hunter.cuny.edu or Lauren
Langman llang944@aol.com
LUNCH— 12:15 - 1:45pm
There are a number of affordable lunch spots near the conference.
Here are a few we recommend:
JOHNNY FOLEY’S: Irish Bar with a range of pub grub, salads, and soups.
Directions: Exit hotel on O’Farrell Street and take a right. Foley’s is on O’Farrell at 243.
RYOKO’S: Affordable and highly recommended sushi place.
Directions: Exit hotel on O’Farrell Street, turn left and then take a right on to Taylor
Street.
Ryoko’s is two blocks up and on the left at 619.
JASMIN’S CAFÉ: This cheap and cheerful Mexican place is a 10min walk, but has
authentic food and a mom and pop feel.
Directions: Exit hotel on to O’Farrell Street. Turn right and make a left on to Mason
Street.
Keep walking a few blocks until you hit Bush Street.
Jasmin’s is on your left at 809 Bush.
FANG RESTAURANT— 8:00 – 10:00pm
We’ve reserved tables at this lovely Chinese restaurant right by the Yerba
Buena Gardens and the San Francisco Art Museum.
660 Howard Street - (415) 777-8568
Directions: Exit hotel on O’Farrell Street and turn right. Follow O’Farrell until it hits
Market Street, swing a left along Market. Soon after take a right on 3rd Street. Walk a few
blocks then take a left on Howard Street. FANG is at 660 on the left.
There is a 3-course Prix Fixe Menu for $30—starter, main, and dessert (without
drinks, tax, or tip).
AGAIN RSVP FOR DINNER TO LYNN (lchancer@hunter.cuny.edu) or Lauren
(llang944@aol.com)