Avgi Saketopoulou

Avgi Saketopoulou, psychoanalyst and writer working on gender, race, and institutional politics. She discusses invitations turned into disinvitations and what those moves reveal about tolerance, exclusion, and institutional self-preservation. Conversations range across pathologizing affect, the weaponization of theory, naming genocide, and creating new spaces for psychoanalytic education.

Avgi Saketopoulou, a NYC psychoanalyst and faculty at NYU, dives deep into complex topics from her book. She explores the psychoanalytic framework of Jean Laplanche, offering insights into trauma and sexuality, including 'traumatophobia' and 'traumatophilia.' The discussion unpacks the nuances of consent, questioning its limitations in interpersonal relationships. Saketopoulou also examines racialization and identity formation, linking them to trauma and agency, while shedding light on the evolution of sadism and its implications for vulnerability and consent.