[lit-ideas] Re: New Program in Psychoanalysis and Culture
- From: "David Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:41:16 -0500
Jeepers! Is Freud still read as anything more than an amachronistic,
literary writer exploring the human condition? Not that literature has
failed to explore the aforementioned problem, but Freud possessed only
moderate literary skills, and abandoned logical inquiry altogether. I
thought we had progressed to the point where...well never mind, if you
still believe in Freud, you likely still believe in God.
d.
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From: "Orion Anderson"
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [lit-ideas] New Program in Psychoanalysis and Culture
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:32:21 -0400
LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE NEWSLETTER
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The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
Announces New Program in Psychoanalysis and Culture
Dear Colleague,
Freud maintained that the "extramedical applications of
psychoanalysis are as significant as the medical ones." In my online
publication, "Making Conscious the Unconscious in Social Reality: The
Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Culture," I suggest that
psychoanalysis expands the scope of its mission by focusing its lens
"not only on events occurring within the clinical situation, but also
upon events occurring outside the clinical situation?in social
reality." But where would this project be situated?
I am happy to tell you that my colleague Professor Siamak Movahedi
and friends at the Boston Graduate School for Psychoanalysis recently
have initiated a new GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE,
the first of its kind in the United States to offer a MASTERS OF ARTS
and DOCTOR OF PSYCHOANALYSIS degree. The press release appears below.
I hope you will contact Dr. Movahedi to explore how you can enroll to
take courses and study in this important and exciting new program.
With best regards,
Richard Koenigsberg, Ph.D
Email: rakoenigsberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Phone: 718-393-1081
P. S. Dr. Stephen Soldz and I taught a course this Spring on the
PSYCHOANALYSIS OF WAR (PC 699). Please see our syllabi HERE and HERE.
For information on the PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE PROGRAM at the
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Please Contact: Siamak
Movahedi, Ph.D., Program Director
Email: psychculture@xxxxxxxx
Phone: 617-277-3915
Details on the BGSP and its programs can be found at
http://www.bgsp.edu/
The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Announces New Program in
Psychoanalysis and Culture
Brookline, MA. ? The Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis (BGSP)
recently announced a new graduate program in Psychoanalysis and
Culture, the first of its kind in the United States. The program,
which leads to the Master of Arts and the Doctor of Psychoanalysis
degrees, is designed to examine the reciprocal relationship between
psychoanalysis and culture in order to more powerfully promote the
knowledge of factors that underlie personal and social change.
"Combining the insights of psychoanalytic thought with other
perspectives from the social sciences, humanities, and cultural
studies, this program explores complex issues such as mental health,
individual and social violence, race, gender, and sexuality," said
Professor Siamak Movahedi, a psychoanalyst and sociologist involved
in the design of the program. "This program examines the individual
unconscious, the socio-cultural environment in which it operates, and
the interactions between the two."
"Psychoanalysis and culture are, in many ways, at the heart of the
most creative work in the social sciences," said Charles Lemert, The
John C. Andrus Professor of Sociology at Wesleyan University and
teacher in the program. "BGSP has long been a leader in the training
of psychoanalysts in both clinical and academic research. This new
program on psychoanalysis and culture, occupies a new space on the
academic map."
For information on the PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE PROGRAM at the
Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Please Contact: Siamak
Movahedi, Ph.D., Program Director
Email: psychculture@xxxxxxxx
Phone: 617-277-3915
Details on the BGSP and its programs can be found on
http://www.bgsp.edu/
One concentration?Psychoanalytic Social Theory?examines media,
literature, the arts, and politics to develop a deeper understanding
of the unconscious and cultural forces affecting society. The other
concentration?the Study of Violence?focuses on contemporary issues of
national and international importance such as interpersonal violence,
terrorism, and culture wars.
Graduates of the doctoral program are prepared to seek positions in
academia as researchers or teachers, or as senior administrators in
mental health or social service agencies. Clinically oriented courses
are available to supplement the Psychoanalysis and Culture studies
for those interested. Applications are currently being accepted for
Fall 2008 enrollment.
BGSP is the only regionally accredited, degree granting, independent
psychoanalytic school in the country. Since its founding in 1973,
BGSP has opened doors to psychoanalytic study to students from a wide
variety of academic backgrounds. Graduates of the school apply what
they have learned in clinical settings as well as in education,
business, politics, and the arts.
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