My Introduction to Psychoanalysis course continues this Saturday, October 18th! This is a 12-part class meeting once a month for a year. You may join us by becoming a paid subscriber at RU Center for Psychoanalysis. You’ll receive the ZOOM LINK to attend the class live, plus the recording will be posted at Substack to view at your leisure. Class begins at 9AM Vancouver/ 12PM noon NYC/ 5PM London/ 18:00 Stockholm/ 19:00 Beirut. We meet online for 2 hours.
In the first class, I presented on Freud’s early development and the zeitgeist of the times culturally and politically in which he grew up, came of age, and began his studies at university. We took a look at Freud’s early research interests, his time working with Charcot and the influence it had on his work, and delved into his early work with Breuer, culminating in the publication of Studies on Hysteria (1895).
Watch the recording of the first class HERE!
In the second class, we’ll be focusing on Freud’s correspondence with Fliess, leading to his seminal work The Interpretation of Dreams (1900). We’ll specifically look at the dream of “Irma’s Injection” and review Freud’s other major works from this period that lay the foundation for psychoanalysis. There will be plenty of time for free association and discussion, so feel free to bring in your thoughts, comments, creativity, and dreams.
I’ve prepared material on Screen Memories (1899), The Psychopathology of Everyday Life (1901), Three Essays on Sexuality (1905), A Fragment of a Case of Hysteria (1905), and Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious (1905). We’ll see how much we get through, we can always cover some of it next time!
See you Saturday!
And don’t worry if you aren’t able to attend class live, the recording will be posted at RU Center for Psychoanalysis Substack.
