Monday 8 September 2014

Towards a society of solidarity and autonomy...

This is a TED talk of the Belgian Lacanian psycholanalyst Paul Verhaeghe.

Verhaeghe has become an influential thinker in the low countries.  Politicians read his books and listen to his words.

In this talk he uses hedgehogs as metaphors for human beings. A hedgehog needs connection with other hedgehogs, but being too close hurts.  So oscillating between too close and too far hedgehogs are always in search of the right distance.

His ideas orient us towards a less individualist and a less anxious future.


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