PA109-4-SP-CO:
Sex, Politics and Religion
2015/16
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
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14 April 2010
Requisites for this module
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BA LCJ8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA LJ8C Sociology with Psychosocial Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA LJC8 Sociology with Psychosocial Studies,
BA C890 Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
This introductory course aims to provide an overview of depth psychological (Freudian, Post-Freudian, Jungian and Post-Jungian) approaches to sex, politics and religion. This distinctive lens will allow students to supplement their understanding of these crucial topics, as they are bound to be encountered in other contexts and disciplines, for example, in History, Government, Psychology, and Literature, Film and Theatre Studies(LiFTS). Through an engagement with both primary and secondary sources, we will explore how psychoanalysis subversively expounded the topics of sex, politics and religion, and why the depth psychological lens is still relevant in todays rapidly changing world. The course begins with a brief introduction to both Freudian and Jungian theory. Subsequent lectures are divided into three phases of study, each one dedicated to one of the three major themes. Each lecture will then utilise either a salient event or topic as a springboard to asking how both classical, depth psychological theory and contemporary psychoanalytic approaches elucidate the issue under consideration, further allowing us to explore different approaches and interpretations proffered by the various schools of depth psychological thought.
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The module can be taken either on its own or as a complement to the module, Popular Film, Literature and Television - A Psychoanalytic Approach (Freud and Jung) (PA108-4-AU). These two modules, further, serve as strong introductions to both The Unconscious - Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society (PA208-6-AU FREUD) and The Unconscious - Analytical Psychology, Culture and Society (PA209-6-SP JUNG), available to 2nd and 3rd year students
Weekly one-hour lectures by staff, followed by one-hour seminars led by GTAs, both from the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Kevin Lu
Student Administrator Alison Evans, Room 4SB.6.2, telephone 01206 874969, email cpsugrad
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Prof Luke Hockley
University of Bedfordshire
Professor of Media Analysis
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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