Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
Goucher College 2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.

PHL 314 - Sigmund Freud: Then and Now (4 Cr.)

(cross-listed as JS 314 and GER 314)
This course will present a comprehensive, historically sensitive, and theoretically (as opposed to clincally or practically) oriented overview to the thought of Sigmund Freud, especially his views on human agency, consciousness, and morality; sexuality; sociality, religion, and Judaism; violence; human rationality; and history. The course will conclude with a consideration of the ways in which Freud’s thought has influenced contemporary critical theory. Prerequisite: One course in RLG or PHL or JS or permission of the instructor. Offered Fall 2017 and variable semesters. Shuster.