From its inception, psychoanalysis has been centrally interested in cultural activities, and in analysing the provenance and function of cultural products. At the same time, psychoanalysis has also proved to be a major influence on culture - from the Surrealists to Jerry Springer. This unit aims to give students a general background to the uses and significance of culture for psychoanalysis; introduce students to a range of key psychoanalytic texts and concepts on these issues; introduce students to a range of cultural texts that have proved central in the development of psychoanalysis; enable students to assess and critically apply psychoanalytic concepts to cultural... -- Course Website
Instructor: G Boucher
