| Semester 1 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
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This module introduces students to the way in which psychoanalysis as a theory and praxis of the unconscious has profoundly influenced modern and contemporary philosophy as well as the human and social sciences at large. It will explore psychoanalytic approaches to notions such as desire, power, knowledge, truth, love, and identification with a particular focus on their application to socio-political, epistemological, and ontological debates.
Material covered may include, but is not limited to:
- Freudian psychoanalysis
- Lacanian psychoanalysis
- Philosophical and psychoanalytic accounts of desire
- Philosophical and psychoanalytic accounts of knowledge
- Philosophical and psychoanalytic accounts of power
- Freudo-Marxism
- Foucault and psychoanalysis
- Deleuze & Guattari and psychoanalysis
- Badiou and psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalysis and Feminism
Students will acquire an in depth range of specific knowledge enabling them to understand and critically engage with the material in question. In addition, they will develop the ability to apply ideas/concepts to relevant contemporary issues.
Students will:
- Be able to use the terminology of psychoanalysis as applied to philosophical, political, and epistemological issues
- Be able to compare and contrast different psychoanalytic orientations and the way in which they influence key debates in 20th and 21st century philosophy, political theory, and epistemology
- Engage critically and sensitively with key texts
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 20:00 | 20:00 | Essay preparation and completion |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | N/A |
| Structured Guided Learning | Structured research and reading activities | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Specific research or reading activities developed and directed by academic staff |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 10 | 1:00 | 10:00 | Tutorials |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 50:00 | 50:00 | Review lecture material, prepare for small group teaching and assessment |
| Total | 100:00 |
The lectures will provide essential subject-specific knowledge on a range of seminal thinkers and ideas. Seminars permit discussion of the relative merits of these thinkers and ideas and guide independent analysis, interpretation, and critique.
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
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| Essay | 1 | A | 100 | 2000 word essay |
Students will be assessed by a 2000-word essay and will be able to choose from a range of essay questions. The essay tests the ability to think analytically, creatively, self-critically and independently as well as managing one’s own work to set time limits. This assessment method also gauges the students’ ability to move between generalisation and appropriately detailed discussion, to cite relevant texts and interpret them adequately, to discover examples in support of or to challenge a position, and to distinguish between relevant and irrelevant considerations.
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