Lorena Mendez Arieta. Welcoming Singularity in a Language Other Than One’s Own. Monograph, Psyche, and Politics

Lorena Méndez Arrieta, teacher and Mexican psychologist, works in Italy with migrant women, teaching them a language she herself had to learn. It is from her own vulnerabilities, and from how her existence has drawn strength from them, that she welcomes the vulnerabilities of others. In this work, there is a constant dialectical consideration of the psychic singularity and the political dimension of the collective. To achieve this, Lorena relies on a fundamental tool from institutional pedagogy, which embodies the entire ethical framework of this cooperative