(June 22, 2016) “Paranoia seems infinitely more interesting than other psychopathologies because it is linked to societal crises” according to Luigi Zoja. He is the guest of honour at “Ye” library in Kiev (Vul. Lysenko, 3): the encounter with the world renowned psychoanalyst is scheduled for Friday June 24 at 18:30. The event was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Kiev and by the Ukrainian Group of the International Association for Analytical psychology. “Collective paranoias” is the title of the conference held by Professor Zoja. An economics graduate, Zoja carried out his first sociological researches in the second half of the 1960s. He studied at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. Cultivating the Soul; Being Born is not Enough (Nascere non basta); Hector’s Gesture: Prehistory, history, actuality and the disappearance of the father (Il gesto di Ettore); La morte del prossimo (The death of our neighbours); and Paranoia: the madness that writes the story (Paranoia: la follia che fa la storia). His essays and books have all been published in 14 languages. Zoja has always been fascinated by societal issues more than individuals. Recently he has been focusing on collective paranoias. The event will take place in Italian with Ucrainian interpretation. (Red)
