- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
The Cultural History of Psychoanalysis up to 1950 3002-KON2022K24-OG
Curriculum includes an introduction to selected psychoanalytic theories by Sigmund Freud and his
most important associates seen in the context of the cultural history of psychoanalysis up to 1950.
Reading crucial texts in the field of psychoanalysis will be accompanied by an in-depth reflection
on the cultural, social, and political context in which local psychoanalytical groups developed: from
Vienna through Budapest, Prague, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, London, and New York. During the
course, we will discuss selected source materials and the selection of the most important
contemporary analysis emerging in the field of Psychoanalytic Studies. Topics are as follows: 1.
Toward a cultural history of psychoanalysis; 2. The birth of psychoanalysis: self-analysis—anti-
Semitism—homophobia; 3. Psycho-medical discourses and the emergence of the psychoanalytic
theory of human sexuality; 4. Shadow cases and psychoanalytical literary production: Dora and
Schreber; 5. Psychoanalysis and literature - the Hungarian case; 6. War, Destruction, Death: Freud-
Spielrein-Gross; 7. Wild psychoanalysis or psychoanalysis of culture: Freud, Groddeck, Ferenczi; 8.
Marks and psychoanalysis: Wilhelm Reich, Otto Fenichel and Bohuslav Brouk; 9. French
surrealism and psychoanalysis: Bataille - Lacan; 10. Monotheism, war, emigration; 11.
Psychoanalysis of women: Lou Andreas-Salomé, Helene Deutsch, Hermine Hug-Hellmuth; 12.
Revival of the psychoanalytic movement in Central Europe after 1945; 13. The first biographers of
Freud: Wittels, Sadger, Bernfeld, Deutsch.
Type of course
general courses
Mode
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
- students know and understand the specificity of the cultural history of psychoanalysis and its
relation to such perspectives as cultural history, history of science, anthropology of knowledge,
studies on gender and identity, new modernist studies, and life writing studies.
- students know and understand the basic issues of history and psychoanalytical theory until 1950.
Skills:
- students can use gained knowledge in their independent research; they can analyze, evaluate,
select, and integrate information from various sources in the field of psychoanalytical studies and
use them in their research projects.
- students can develop their knowledge in the field of psychoanalytic history and theory, as well as
to develop intellectually and professionally.
Social competencies:
- students can interpret source materials, show openness and research curiosity toward the
complexity of psychoanalysis' history and theory, and can recognize significant social and political
changes that have influenced the history of the psychoanalytical movement internationally.
students know the most important research centers specializing in psychoanalysis and are able to
obtain further knowledge in the field of psychoanalytic studies.
Assessment criteria
- The necessary condition for completing the course is attendance (two absences per semester are
allowed; no more than 30 % of absences may be completed during consultations)
- attendance
- active participation in discussion
- after the course - a short interview concerning topics discussed during classes or a 15-minute
presentation
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: