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Psychoanalysis and Politics

Explore the intersection of psychoanalysis and politics in this course that delves into the political history and potential of psychoanalysis. From its association with political projects to its links with Marxism and critiques within that tradition, this course examines the impact of psychoanalysis on social order and political solidarity. Join this survey course and discover the insights into desire, nationalism, trauma, and more through a curated selection of psychoanalytic theorists.

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $335
  • Online Classroom
  • 12 hours over 4 sessions

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What you'll learn in this politics class:

Psychoanalysis is often called “revolutionary,” with its dethronement of human pretensions to self-mastery drawing comparisons to the innovations of Copernicus and Darwin. But, if psychoanalysis produced a revolution in knowledge, what has it meant for politics? Is psychoanalysis an inherently political enterprise? Do its insights into the unconscious and interior life undermine social order and political solidarity? Must we be repressed in order to be “civilized”? Does psychoanalysis give us reasons for political hope—or for despair?

In this course, we will review both the political history and the political potential of psychoanalysis. Starting with Freud’s work in the late Austro-Hungarian empire, we will track the diffusion of psychoanalysis and its association with a series of political projects, from the early 20th-century “anarchism” of Otto Gross to the promises of Deleuze and Guattari’s “schizoanalysis” post-1968 to what Yannis Stavrakakis has called the “Lacanian Left.” In particular, we will track the longstanding links between psychoanalysis and Marxism (from Fenichel to Marcuse to Žižek) alongside critiques within that tradition (including Althusser and Bakhtin). We will also consider the recurrent problem of psychoanalysis’ reactionary transformations and appropriations (from the dream of an “Aryanised” psychotherapy to the work of the demi-Jungian Jordan Peterson); the vital interventions of feminist and queer theorists; and the relationship between psychoanalysis and anti-colonial, post-colonial, and de-colonizing thought (from Frantz Fanon to Patricia Gherovici to Fred Moten). Topics to be explored include the idea of “mass psychology”; the relationship between desire and capitalism; the role of fantasy, shame, and trauma in nationalism; aggression, war, and the death drive; the social reproduction of the Oedipal family; and more. This will be a survey course offering both a big-picture view of history and key themes together with curated, introductory selections to a host of psychoanalytic theorists. Some familiarity with psychoanalysis will be helpful, but it is by no means required.

Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

  • Upon request, we will refund less 5% cancellation fee of a course up until 6 business days before its start date.
  • Students who withdraw after that point but before the first class are entitled to 75% refund or full course credit.
  • After the first class: 50% refund or 75% course credit.
  • No refunds or credits will be given after the second class.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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