English translation of an essay by Carlos Tabbia originally titled in Spanish "La caja de herramientas del psicoanalista: un aprendiz en los talleres de Bion y Meltzer." (2013)
"Una psicoanalista en Teherán" —Spanish translation of the book "Doing Psychoanalysis in Tehran" by Gohar Homayounpour (MIT Press, 2012), published by Paradiso Editores.
"«Tuve mucho que soñar (anoche)» – Un Manifiesto" —Spanish translation of the experimental piece "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) – A Manifesto" by Kara Kohn-Gardner y Carlos Padrón, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 011: SLEEP.
"Lecciones de amor II: la erótica de la toxicidad" —Spanish translation of the short essay "Lessons in Love II: The Erotics of Toxicity" by Luce deLire, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 011: SLEEP.
"(si acaso) soñar" —Spanish translation of the short essay "perchance to dream" by Aneta Stojnić, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 011: SLEEP.
"Trascender la encarcelación" —Spanish translation of the short essay "Transcend Incarceration" by Will Anderson, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 010: JUDGE.
"Entre la ley y la transgresión: deseo, ética y destino simbólico en el psicoanálisis" —Spanish translation of the short essay "In-Between the Law and Transgression: Desire, Ethics, and Symbolic Destiny in Psychoanalysis" by Richard B. Keys, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 010: JUDGE.
"Lecciones de amor I: sobre el coqueteo revolucionario" —Spanish translation of the short essay "Lessons in Love I: On Revolutionary Flirting" by Luce deLire, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 009: TENDER.
"La ternura del corte" —Spanish translation of the short essay "The Tenderness of the Cut" by Vanessa Sinclair, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 009: TENDER.
"¿Y qué pasa si el dinero falla?" —Spanish translation of the short essay "What If Money Misfires?" by Franco 'Bifo' Berardi, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 008: ETHER.
"La eterealidad de las redes sociales" —Spanish translation of the short essay "Ethereality at the Edge of Social Media" by L. Ayu Saraswati, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 008: ETHER.
"La eterealidad de las redes sociales" —Spanish translation of the short essay "Ethereality at the Edge of Social Media" by L. Ayu Saraswati, published in Stillpoint Magazine Issue 008: ETHER.
This essay explains why we feel compelled to constantly check our social media accounts and still feel lonely even when we are perpetually connected with others online. It argues that it has something to do with the notion of social media as ethereal and phantasmagoria. This means that social media, like the ether, works as an intoxicant that can take us from this world to the otherworldly, the ethereal. Just like the ether, social media also functions as an anesthetic. As social media is filled with entertaining and enchanting posts, it can sooth and soften the ordinary pain of being human. Yet, going to social media is like going to a phantasmagoric performance in that we go there to have our feelings stimulated by what is on display. Indeed, social media makes us feel more. But simultaneously, we are distracted and disconnected from our own feelings. Hence, the loneliness remains etched to the very core of our being.
Read my translation, La eterealidad de las redes sociales, here.
You can also download a PDF version of the translation for printing by clicking here.
Read the original in English, Ethereality at the Edge of Social Media, here.
And, again, you can also download a PDF version of the original text for printing by clicking here.