AWW23: The Authority of Tenderness - Paul Williams

Published: March 23, 2023, 4:21 a.m.

Chair: J.M. Coetzee

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British psychoanalyst Dr Paul Williams has written extensively about the human mind, including a trilogy drawing on aspects of the author\u2019s life over three stages \u2013 childhood, adolescence and adulthood. His latest book,\xa0The Authority of Tenderness: Dignity and the True Self in Psychoanalysis, is the final in the trilogy. In a conversation with Nobel Prize-winning author J.M. Coetzee, Williams reflects on the adult\u2019s task of recollecting, rewriting and reworking psychosis and trauma.\xa0

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Event details: Sat 04 Mar, 9:30am on the West Stage