Spring, 2000      Schedule of Topics and Reading Assignments          Honors 454: Freud

Reading Assignments

Session

 Date

Topics

 A Life for Our Times

Freud Reader

Other
1 Jan 18 Introduction to Course; Introduction to Sigmund Freud     Time magazine articles
 
2 Jan 25 Unplanned Snow Holiday      
 
3 Feb 1 Foundation of Freud's Thinking: 1865-1905 Preface & Ch. 1 (p. xv-54) p. 55-86 (Draft B to Project)  
 
4 Feb 8 Foundation of Freud's Thinking: 1965-1905 Ch. 2 & Ch. 3 (p. 55-149) Read selectively in PART TWO  
 
5 Feb 15 Elaborations of Freud's Thinking: 1902-1915 Ch. 4 & Ch. 5 Rat Man (p. 309-350)  
 
6 Feb 22 Guest Lecture: Dr. Vincent Kling on "Freud's Vienna"      
 
7 Feb 29 Elaborations of Freud's Thinking: 1902-1915 Ch. 6 & Ch. 7 Wolf Man (p. 400-426)/Leonardo (443-426)  
 
8 Mar 7 Exam 1 (hour 1) / Freud in America (hours 2 & 3)      
 
9 Mar 21 Revisions (1915-1939): Aggression Ch. 8 Instincts (p. 562-568)  
 
10 Mar 28 Revisions (1915-1939): Death Against Life / Women Ch. 9 & 10 Civilization (p. 722-774)  
 
11 Apr 4 Revisions (1915-1939): Human Nature/ Die in Freedom  Ch. 11 & 12 Weltanschauung (p. 783-797)  
 
12 Apr 11 Freud on Freud: A Discussion about The Truth   Autobiography (p. 3-42) / Moses (522-539)  
 
 13 Apr 18 Freud in the 21st Century: A Panel      
 
 14 Apr 25 Exam 2 (hour 1) / Repressed Memories (hours 2& 3)      
 
 15 May 2 Is Freud Dead? Answering the Questions     New Yorker & Time articles
   (theory/therapy/sexuality/religion/human nature)  

 Apr 18       Journals Due

 May 2        Papers Due


 Joseph F. Burke, F.S.C., Ph.D.

 

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