INTRODUCTION  (approx. 2 classes)

    W.H. Auden, "In Memory of Sigmund Freud" (1940)

PART I:  MODELS OF THE PSYCHE:  TOPOGRAPHICAL, STRUCTURAL, OBJECT RELATIONAL  (approx. 8 classes)

     Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis (1909)

     "Fraülein Anna O." (Breuer) (1893)

    Three Contributions on the Theory of Sex (1905) (in The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud)

    "Two Principles in Mental Functioning" (1911), "A Note on the Unconscious in Psychoanalysis" (1912), "On Narcissism"
    (1914), "Instincts and their Vicissitudes" (1915), "Repression" (1915) (in General Psychological Theory)

    "Mourning and Melancholia" (1917) (in General Psychological Theory), Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego
    (1921, sections VII-XI), "The Libido Theory" (1923) (in General Psychological Theory)

    The Ego and the Id (1923, sections II-V), "The Passing of the Oedipus Complex" (1924) (on file), "Neurosis and
    Psychosis" (1924) (in General Psychological Theory), "The Economic Problem in Masochism" (1924) (in General
    Psychological Theory)

PART II:  INTERPRETATIONS AND CRITIQUES  (approx. 4 classes)

    Jonathan Lear, "On Killing Freud (Again)" (1995), "Knowingness and Abandonment:  An Oedipus for Our Time" (1997)

    Ludwig Wittgenstein, "Conversations on Freud," "Extract from Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge 1932-1935;" Brian
    McGuinness, "Freud and Wittgenstein" (1982)

    Adolf Grünbaum, "A Century of Psychoanalysis:  Critical Retrospect and Prospect" (in Freud:  Conflict and Culture)
    (1998)

    Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 2.16-18 (1887)
    Henri Ellenberger, "The Unconscious before Freud" (1954)

PART III:  EVERYDAY LIFE, DREAMS AND CASE STUDIES  (approx. 10 classes)

     "Psychopathology of Everyday Life" (in The Basic Writings) (1904)

     "The Interpretation of Dreams" (in The Basic Writings) (1900)

MIDTERM EXAMINATION  (1 class)

    Dora:  "Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria" (1905) (in Dora)

    The Rat Man:  "Notes Upon a Case of Obsessional Neurosis" (1909) (in Three Case Histories)

    The Psychotic Dr. Schreber:  "Psychoanalytic Notes Upon an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia
    Paranoides)" (1911) (in Three Case Histories)

PART IV:  INTERPRETATIONS AND CRITIQUES  (approx. 6 classes)

    Hannah S. Decker, "Freud's 'Dora' Case:  The Crucible of the Psychoanalytic Concept of Transference" (1998)

    Daniel Boyarin, "Chapter VIII:  Retelling the Story of O." (from Unheroic Conduct:  The Rise of Heterosexuality and the
    Invention of the Jewish Man) (1997)

    Salvador Minuchin, "1:  Family Roots" (from Family Healing:  Tales of Hope and Renewal from Family Therapy) (1993)

    Muriel Dimen, "Strange Hearts:  On the Paradoxical Liaison between Psychoanalysis and Feminism" (in Freud:  Conflict
    and Culture) (1998)

    Jessica Benjamin, "The Primal Leap of Psychoanalysis, from Body to Speech:  Freud, Feminism and the Vicissitudes of the
    Transference" (from Shadow of the Other, 1998)

    Jacques Maritain, "Freudianism and Psychoanalysis:  A Thomist View" (1957)

PART V:  EXISTENTIAL THEMES  (approx. 6 classes)

     "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" (1920)

     "Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety" (1926)

     "The Future of an Illusion" (1927)

     "Civilization and Its Discontents" (1930)

PART VI:  AUTOBIOGRAPHY (approx. 2 classes)

    "An Autobiographical Study" (1925)

PART VII:  INTERPRETATIONS AND CRITIQUES  (approx. 2 classes)

    Stanley Rothman and Phillip Isenberg, "Freud and Jewish Marginality" (1974)

    Judith Lewis Herman, "Chapter 1:  A Forgotten History" (from Trauma and Recovery) (1992)

CONCLUSION  (1 class)
 

COURSE TOPICS:  Freud's views on the psyche, everyday life, dreams, cases, existential themes and his own development; Freud's philosophic and cultural interpreters and critics.

COURSE GOALS:  increased understanding of Freud's writings and of their cultural context and philosophical meaning and status

COURSE TEXTS:  The following writings by Freud are available from the University Bookstore:
    Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis (Norton)
    Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Norton)
    Autobiographical Study (Norton)
    Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego (Norton)
    The Ego and the Id (Norton)
    Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety (Norton)
    The Future of an Illusion (Norton)
    Civilization and Its Discontents (Norton)

The following collections of writings by Freud are available from the University Bookstore:
    A.A. Brill, The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freud (Modern Library)
    Philip Rieff, Freud:  General Psychological Theory (Collier)
    Philip Rieff, Sigmund Freud:  Three Case Histories (Collier)
    Philip Rieff, Sigmund Freud:  Dora:  An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria (Collier)

The following collection of essays on Freud is available from the University Bookstore:
    Michael Roth, Freud:  Conflict and Culture (Vintage)

The following readings by and about Freud are available in the Department of Philosophy office and in Getchell Library:
    Breuer and Freud, "Fraulein Anna O." (from Studies on Hysteria)
    Freud, "The Passing of the Oedipus Complex" (1924)

    Jonathan Lear, "On Killing Freud (Again)" (from Open-Minded:  Working Out the Logic of the Soul)
    ________ "Knowingness and Abandonment:  An Oedipus for Our Time" (from Open-Minded:  Working Out the Logic of
        the Soul)
    Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals 2.16-18
    Ludwig Wittgenstein, "Conversations on Freud"
    -------- "Extract from Wittgenstein's Lectures, Cambridge 1932-1935"
    Brian McGuinness, "Freud and Wittgenstein"
    Jessica Benjamin, "The Primal Leap of Psychoanalysis, from Body to Speech:  Freud, Feminism and the Vicissitudes of the
        Transference"
    Jacques Maritain, "Freudianism and Psychoanalysis:  A Thomist View"

    W.H. Auden, "In Memory of Sigmund Freud"

    Henri Ellenberger, "The Unconscious before Freud"
    Judith Lewis Herman, "Chapter 1:  A Forgotten History" (from Trauma and Recovery)
    Stanley Rothman and Phillip Isenberg, "Freud and Jewish Marginality"
    Daniel Boyarin, "Chapter VIII:  Retelling the Story of O." (from Unheroic Conduct:  The Rise of Heterosexuality and the
        Invention of the Jewish Man)
    Salvador Minuchin, "1:  Family Roots" (from Family Healing:  Tales of Hope and Renewal from Family Therapy)

WEB SITES:  Some web sites of interest include:

    FREUD:  CONFLICT AND CULTURE (Library of Congress)
    http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/

    SIGMUND FREUD MUSEUM VIENNA
    http://freud.t0.or.at/

    THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION
    http://www.apsa.org/index.htm

    NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SOCIETY FOR PSYCHOANALYTIC PSYCHOLOGY
    http://www.ncspp.org

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
    Readings as assigned
    Participation in class discussions
    Class attendance
    Two papers (approx. 8 pp.)
    Three take-home equizzes (approx. 3 pages)
    Mid-term examination
    Final examination (Monday, December 18, noon - 2:00pm)

PAPERS:  The papers will be essays (not research papers).  They will be around six pages long.  Due dates for papers will be
announced.

You need use no books other than the course texts in order to write the papers.  In an essay, you state a thesis, explain it and argue for it.  The basic structure of an essay is:  an introduction in which you state your thesis, the body of the essay in which you explain and argue for your thesis, the conclusion in which you summarize or highlight what you have done in the essay.

Essays will be typed (double-spaced).  They will have a title and title page.  They will be in finished form and without errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation.  All quotations will be accompanied by a reference in parentheses.  The format for references will be explained in class.

Essays will be evaluated on the following basis:

1.  Do you have the parts mentioned above (introduction, body, conclusion)?
2.  Do you fulfill the functions mentioned above (state thesis, explain it, argue for it, summarize or highlight)?
3.  Is the thesis you are writing about an interesting and important one?
4.  Does your explanation of the thesis show that it is an interesting and important one?  Does your explanation make the basic
     concepts and terms in your essay clear to the reader?
5.  Are your arguments clear and convincing to the reader?
6.  Do you use specific examples from the text you are writing about to make your arguments stronger?  Do you use direct
     quotations from the text you are writing about to make your arguments stronger?
7.  Does your conclusion add something to the essay as a whole?
8.  Is the essay typed (double-spaced)?  Does it include a title and a title page?  Is it in finished form and without errors in
     grammar, spelling and punctuation?  Are all quotations accompanied by a reference in parentheses?

QUIZZES:  The take-home quizzes will be three-page essays in response to Freud's writings or to those of his interpreters or critics.  The first quiz will be due after we complete Part II, the second after Part IV, the third after Part V (dates to be announced).  The purpose of the quizzes is to aid students in their reading and writing.

EXAMINATIONS:  The examinations will have two sections, an informational section and an essay section, each worth 50 points.  The mid-term examination will be held after the reading of "The Interpretation of Dreams."  The final examination will be Monday, December 18, noon to 2:00pm.

EVALUATION:  Grades will be based on the papers, quizzes and examinations, weighted equally (1/3 each).  Excellent class participation may raise your grade somewhat over the mathematical average, at the discretion of the instructor.

Late papers will lose a letter grade for each class session they are late.  There are no make-up examinations except in the case of serious illness or emergency.  There will be no extra credit work.  The student will be held responsible for knowing what goes on in class.  Absences will not excuse you from knowing due dates of papers and schedules for quizzes and examinations.

The grading scale is:  94-100, A; 90-93 A-; 87-89 B+; 84-86 B; 80-83 B-; 77-79 C+; 74-76 C; 70-73 C-; 67-69 D+; 64-66 D; 60-63 D-; below 60, F.

CLASS FORMAT:  This class will be a combination of lecture and discussion.  The discussion will be, generally, guided discussion rather than general discussion or general debate.

Lectures and discussions will refer to course texts.  Students will need to bring the relevant course texts to class if they are to benefit from lectures and discussions.

ATTENDANCE:  Much of the important work in this course goes on in class.  Students are expected to be in attendance except in cases of illness or emergency, to be present for the entire fifty minute period and not to make appointments that conflict with class sessions.

STUDYING:  Many students will find that they do better work in this course if they study together with other students.

DISABILITY POLICY:  The Department of Philosophy is committed to equal opportunity in education for all students, including those with documented physical or learning disabilities.  According to University policy, a student with a documented disability is required to contact his or her instructors during the first week of each semester to discuss accommodations appropriate to ensure equity in grading, classroom experiences and out-of-class assignments.  Each instructor will meet with the student and Student Services Center staff members to formulate a written plan for appropriate accommodations, if they are required.

GRADUATE STUDENTS:  Graduate students will write longer papers (15 pp.) which derive from more extensive reading.  Graduate students will discuss their papers with the instructor before beginning work on them.

My office hours are Monday and Wednesday, 11:00-11:50am, or by appointment (Cain Hall 108D).  Please feel free to come by to discuss the course topics or your progress in the course.  I am happy to meet with you at some other time if it is more convenient.  If you wish to make an appointment to see me at some other time, call:  784-6742.  If you try to get in touch with me and cannot, leave a note with your phone number so that I can call you.