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Before Hegel, Western philosophy took ‘ultimate reality’ to be an eternal realm existing outside time. At the beginning of the nineteenth-century, Hegel brought philosophy down finally into human history and into the ever-changing flux of society.
On this course we will explore the new, social and historical vision of human life that was opened up by Hegel and the thinkers who followed him, including Marx and Nietzsche, and trace its influence in psychoanalysis. We will review attempts to synthesise Marx and Freud, and explore the use of psychoanalytic ideas to understand contemporary society, including psychoanalytic studies of the psychology of Fascism. Finally, we will examine some recent works of cultural history which situate the emergence of psychoanalysis itself in relation to the historical and cultural changes that brought modern society into being.
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This course takes place over 2 sessions, amounting to around 6 hours in total. You can skip through the breaks using the scroll bar at the bottom of your screen. All registrants will have 2 months from registration to watch it as many times as you like.
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.
Members’ Discount
Freud Museum Members will be able to receive a 20% discount on tickets with a special Members code. Details will be circulated to all Members via email.
