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This three hour course will bring together Psychoanalysis and Buddhism. Psychoanalysis is a systematic method of psychotherapy and a theory of the human mind; while Buddhism is a world religion with a sophisticated tradition of meditation practice, a psychology of its own, and a highly developed spiritual path. We will explore the key points on which they converge – and the equally significant differences between them. We will also review the conclusions of the leading scholars who have worked to build bridges between them in recent decades. The course will lead finally into a consideration of the relationship between philosophy, psychotherapy and spirituality.
Tutor:
Keith Barrett BA PhD received his first degree in philosophy from Oxford University after having spent three years working as a nursing assistant in psychiatric hospitals. It was in this practical context that Keith first encountered existentialism and psychoanalysis. He then began postgraduate studies on both Freud and Heidegger, leading finally to a PhD from the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL for a dissertation on ‘Freud’s Self-Analysis’. Keith has been a philosophy teacher for over 20 years, and has been delivering courses at the Freud Museum for over a decade, where he has developed a series of introductory lectures on Freud, psychoanalysis after Freud, and exploring the overlap of philosophy and psychoanalysis.
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