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Psychoanalysis and El Sistema: Human Development through Music
Author(s) -
Slevin Michael,
Slevin Patrick
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of applied psychoanalytic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1556-9187
pISSN - 1742-3341
DOI - 10.1002/aps.1355
Subject(s) - social justice , sociology , human development (humanity) , economic justice , psychoanalysis , music therapy , psychology , environmental ethics , criminology , psychotherapist , political science , philosophy , law
Impoverished communities have traditionally not been the site of either psychoanalysis or classical music. As psychoanalysts look increasingly beyond the consulting room for ways to have an impact on the individual or on society at large, they might profitably engage with and help conceptualize programs like Austin Soundwaves, a United States offshoot of the Venezuelan program, El Sistema. El Sistema promotes human opportunity and development through free classical music education, serving 400,000 children and youth from the barrios of Venezuela. Freud on social justice and Bion on work groups can contribute to this project. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.