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2018-2019 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 395: The Irrational in History


(1 Unit)
Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor.
An introduction to historical aspects of the irrational in human society and the application of psychodynamic models of the mind to the study of history. Topics include: the history of mental illness and its management; the science and profession of psychiatry; sexuality and gender; psychoanalytic drive psychology; ego psychology; object relations theory; self psychology; Lacanian theory; psychobiography; and psychohistory. Cocks.