Requirements:

• Have access to the Internet as this seminar is live and will be on Zoom

• By enrolling researchers and participants agree to the E-School Handbook policies.

• Full refund up to three days after enrollment purchase.

Prof. Julie Reshe, PhD, Instructor

College: The Graduate College/ Undergraduate College

Title: Introduction to (Negative) Psychoanalysis Syllabus

Course Number:  (i.e., “110MS”) Course numbers are assigned by the Chancellor's Office 

Dates:  November, 7, 14, 21, 28 2021

Day(s): Sundays

Time:  2pm EST

Term: Fall 2021

Year: 1 BA-MA

Credits: 1

Instructor(s): Julie Reshe, PhD

Description:

This seminar will introduce the basics of psychoanalytic theory and practice, as well as current critical perspective on them. 

Academic Level: (i.e., Year 1 Bachelor)

Required Texts: 

Freud, Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Alenka Zupancic, Why Psychoanalysis: Three Interventions 

Zizek, The Parallax View 

Russell Jacoby, Negative psychoanalysis and Marxism

Prerequisites: Enroll via E-School (non-credit); enrolled in a GCAS degree programme (for-credit)

Learning and Teaching Methods:

• Lectures

• Discussion

• Post/Respond in the Seminar Platform

Intended Learning Outcomes:

• To develop an understanding of key psychoanalytic notions, including pleasure principle, death drive, the Real, jouissance, the subject.

• To develop an understanding of potential critical avenues for the analysis 

• To distinguish the divergent philosophical and psychoanalytic approaches 

• To critically evaluate the ethical, political and social implications of the entrance 

Assessments:

GCAS enrolled Researchers will be assessed in all aspects of this course through the following means (see GCAS learning platform for a full description).

E-School researchers will be assessed in a research response to the seminar between 1,000-2,000 words in length. You must pass this assessment to complete the course successfully.

Schedule:

4 meetings

November 2021

Grading Scale:

Pass/Fail

Accommodations:

Please inform the Chancellor’s office if you need accommodation by completing this form.