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Aner Govrin, PhD

Aner Govrin, Ph.D., is an associate professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, where he serves as director of the “Psychoanalysis and Hermeneutics” doctoral program at The Program for Hermeneutics and Culture. He is a clinical psychologist, philosopher, and training psychoanalyst maintaining a private practice in Tel Aviv. As a member of the Tel Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis (TAICP), his research focuses on the intersection between philosophy and psychoanalysis.

Govrin’s work spans several domains: he studies psychoanalytic writing and provides guidance to clinicians on writing case studies for training examinations and publications. He has also developed a new psychological theory of moral judgment. His paper “Understanding Evil: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Hamas Attacks of October 7, 2023” will be published in Psychoanalytic Psychothereapy journal. His published books include Ethics and Attachment: How We Make Moral Judgements (2018), Conservative and Radical Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Knowledge: The Fascinated and the Disenchanted (2018), and The Fascinated and the Disenchanted: Conversations with Michael Eigen (co-authored with Michael Eigen, 2007). His recent book, How Philosophy Changed Psychoanalysis: From Naïve Realism to Postmodernism (Routledge, 2024), explores the profound influence of philosophical thought on psychoanalytic theory.

A frequent speaker at conferences both in Israel and internationally, Govrin serves as the editor of the Routledge “Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis” series.

Dr. Govrin has been teaching at ORI since 2025. His seminars at ORI include:

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