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ANTH2606: Culture and the Unconscious
2020 unit information
This is a unit on psychoanalytic anthropology. With the focus on the unconscious dimension of human cultural existence the unit critically examines the systematic topical, theoretical, ethnographic and historical aspects of this unique field of anthropological inquiry. All psychoanalytic conceptual frameworks are elucidated and assessed through ethno-psychoanalytic work done in different cultural life-worlds. Firmly grounded in detailed ethnographic evidence the unit provides a comprehensive phenomenological-existential validation of the discipline and its contribution to both anthropology and psychoanalysis.
Unit details and rules
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Arts and Social Sciences
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Anthropology |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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12 credit points at 1000-level in Anthropology |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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None |
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. understand the intellectual history of psychodynamic models of the mind, their contribution to debates over theories of culture and society in anthropology and the role of cultural theory in later developments of psychoanalysis
- LO2. understand the theoretical debate among anthropologists over connections between kinship, gender,and the subject and in particular the relevance of psychoanalytic models cross-culturally
- LO3. take a position on the existence of universals in human experience and to articulate the connection between one's own position and the history of debates on the topic in psychological anthropology
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