The pain of the social

ABSTRACT

This article attempts to delineate social pain or the pain of the social – a suffering that comes from human relations as a collective. I attempt to find the word, the signifier, that can transmit this experience in clinical practice, including senses, affects and intuition. I also contribute my clinical work in times of sociopolitical violence to this pursuit.

KEYWORDS:

• Radioactive transmition
• radioactive identification
• the background of uncanny

Notes

1 Palgi and Atkes analyse the use of texts for educational purposes, how the texts reflect the positions of those occupying government positions at the national and local levels, and how the texts contribute to shaping the students’ positions.

2 In an investigation on physicians, Palgi and Dorban highlight the role carried out by the state of Israel in the struggle for survival with respect to a variety of issues in Israeli life in the context of the construction of the country’s medical culture.