Psychology and Religion

3 cr · Undergraduate

An examination of the late nineteenth century emergence of psychoanalysis in conjunction with the discovery of the unconscious. The course approaches psychoanalytic theories of the unconscious in the work of major theorists such as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Jacques Lacan, Melanie Klein, and Julia Kristeva, considering the implications the unconscious has for our understanding of the self, embodiment, life death relations, language, writing, and the study of religion. Students may not hold credit for both RLGN 2030 and the former RLGN 2211.