Universität Wien

190042 VO PaKG 3: Basics of and Approaches in Psychoanalytic Theories of Society (2020S)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 19 - Bildungswissenschaft
Moodle

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Language: German

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Die Lehrveranstaltung findet zur Zeit in Form von home-learning statt und nicht in den Räumlichkeiten der Universität Wien.

Nähere Hinweise finden Sie auf moodle. Bitte beachten Sie die Ankündigungen auf der Moodle Plattform und nutzen die dort gebotenen Möglichkeiten.

  • Friday 06.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 13.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 20.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 27.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 03.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 24.04. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 08.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 15.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 22.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 29.05. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 05.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 12.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8
  • Friday 19.06. 11:30 - 13:00 Hörsaal 50 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 8

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

From the very beginning, Sigmund Freud's concern was not only to understand psychoanalysis as a clinical practice, but also to make it productive for cultural and social theoretical questions. Although Freud did not develop a systematic psychoanalytic theory of society, his work contains a continuous examination of anti-Semitism, war and social aggression, the formation of mass movements, identification with a leader figure, the effect of family and social structures on the individual, etc. These approaches were taken up in a very differentiated and varied manner by subsequent psychoanalysts but also by the humanities and social sciences, especially in the period after National Socialism and in the socio-critical approaches of the 1960s and 70s.
With recourse to psychoanalytical concepts and terms such as the unconscious, affects, the imaginary, identifications, projections, enjoyment, the death drive, sadism, narcissism, etc., the course deals with approaches of psychoanalytical social theories and their further development in critical theory, in poststructural, Marxist and ideology-critical discourses in the social sciences and humanities, in gender theories and within transcultural and postcolonial approaches. Beginning with the works of Sigmund Freud and extending to contemporary socio-critical debates, the course presents approaches to discuss and understand social phenomena such as anti-Semitism, racism, fascism, homophobia, mass formation and group identity, problems related to authority, the relationship between society and psyche, the appropriation of gender, questions of identity, fear of the foreign/other, etc. from a psychoanalytical perspective.

Goals
Students are familiar with psychoanalytical theories that provide an understanding of social phenomena and are able to discuss specific social phenomena from a psychoanalytical perspective.

Method and type of course
The course is held as a lecture. Besides the lecture there will be time for questions and for discussion.

Assessment and permitted materials

Written examination on the contents of the lecture.
For each unit the Power Point slides, an audio recording of the lecture and primary texts will be provided on Moodle for preparation for the exam and for further study.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Written exam with a positive result, which shows that the students have grasped the basics of the course.

Examination topics

Written exam on the topics of the course. A total of four dates for examinations are offered. For each examination date, pre-selected units & texts from the lecture program are given for exam preparation. On Moodle, the PowerPoint slides for each lecture session, audio recordings and further literature for those interested will be continuously provided.
Selected literature is available in the library of the department of education in addition to the texts provided on Moodle.

CURRENT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EXAM ON 26.6.2020

As a result of the Covid-19 protective actions the general conditions for this examen has changed!

The examen will take place as indicated on 26.6.2020! The examen will be held as "Take Home Exam"! In this way we avoid overloading the server of the University of Vienna and you have enough time (several days) to work out the exam questions and upload them back to Moodle.
Since you have several days to prepare the exam and the exam is without control, you are welcome to use resources (literature, PP-slides, the videos). It is important in this context that you identify your resources. In which form you quote is up to you. It is explicitly not a disadvantage if you do so, but is desirable for this form of the exam. Copy-paste from the slides is not considered an adequate answer! Please paraphrase, as is common in seminar papers.

You will find the test on Moodle starting on 26.6.2020 (I will send you a message via Moodle as soon as it is available), you download the exam sheet, you work on it on your own computer and then upload it back to Moodle when you are finished within the given period (several days; the exact submission date will be announced).
The exam will be designed to be completed in 1.5 hours, but you will have - as already mentioned - several days to complete it, so that we don't run into technical difficulties.

At the end of May/beginning of June I will set up a test document for download and upload so that you can practice this procedure in advance. More information about this will also be available via a Moodle message.

Reading list

Sigmund Freud, Theodor W. Adorno, Erich Fromm, Wilhelm Reich, Otto Fenichel, Siegfried Bernfeld, Max Horkheimer, Ernst Simmel, Judith Butler, Teresa de Lauretis, Alexander und Margarete Mitscherlich, Werner Bohleber, Dagmar Herzog, Franz Fanon, ...

Association in the course directory

EC190-PaKG3

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:18