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Ian A R Burns

On: Politics and psychoanalysis

“I believe that what separates us all from one another is simply society itself, or, if you like, politics… The whole history of the world…

18 min readJan 25, 2022

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Ian A R Burns

On: Melanie Klein’s paranoid-schizoid position

In this essay, I describe one of the most significant concepts in post-Freudian psychoanalysis; Melanie Klein’s paranoid-schizoid position…

10 min readJan 18, 2022

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Ian A R Burns

On: Freud’s repression

In this essay, I shall describe repression and repression theory as an example of a fundamental concept in Freud’s work. For Freud, little…

9 min readNov 24, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

Jimmy Greaves

I had the very great fortune to get to know Jimmy quite well. He was still making huge television audiences laugh because, “it’s a funny…

3 min readSep 19, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

Father, dear father

This week I drove down to Ascot to see my parents. My father shuffles more than walks nowadays; his deafness, once a ‘strategic tool’…

12 min readAug 6, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

On Harry Met Sally

Is Harry met Sally the finest film ever? It is over thirty years since I first saw it, so I was ready to be disappointed and to learn that…

5 min readMay 16, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

On The Third Man and Classic movies

I knew the music, of course. The extraordinary zither based theme. I knew the author of the novel, but I am slightly ashamed to admit that…

4 min readApr 18, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

Does you work have meaning? Is it meaningful?

Does your work have meaning? Is it meaningful? And do you think those two things are the same or different? Who remembers Lloyd Blankfein…

7 min readApr 15, 2021

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Does you work have meaning? Is it meaningful?

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Ian A R Burns

On: Opinions

Do you like to opine? I like to opine. Anne Frank said “People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having…

6 min readApr 15, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

On: That Interview

I didn’t watch it. Did you? I have spent some of this morning noting the volume of social media and traditional media coverage of the…

4 min readMar 9, 2021

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Ian A R Burns

Ian A R Burns

Ex-banker, ex-husband, still a dad. Occupational Psychology student. Trainee psychotherapist. Wannabe playwright. Hammers fan. Confused liberal conservative.

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