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PSYC415 Theories of Psychoanalysis

10 cp
Prerequisites Entry into the BPsychSc (Honours) or PgDipPsych courses
Teaching Organisation 2 hours per week for twelve weeks or equivalent of lectures, seminars and presentation of research papers with the possibility of running via videoconferencing between Brisbane and Melbourne.

This unit will introduce some of the major ideas of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. It will focus on their major theoretical and clinical contributions, and through a series of readings, will investigate the history and epistemology of psychoanalysis. It will draw on both theory and practice to demonstrate the relevance of psychoanalytic theory and clinical formulations in the understanding of the nature of subjectivity. By investigating some of the discoveries and conceptualisations of the discipline students will also explore the normal and pathological operation of our psychological system.

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