Part I: Psychoanalysis and Undergraduate Education. Issue 6 (18th August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dobson, Marcia D-S.; Riker, John H.
• Is Part Of: Psychoanalytic inquiry. Volume 39:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 387
• Page End: 387
• Publication Date: 2019-08-18
• Subjects: Psychoanalysis -- Periodicals; Psychoanalysis -- Periodicals; Psychanalyse -- Périodiques; 616.8917
• DOI: 10.1080/07351690.2019.1637647
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0735-1690

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Part I consists of two articles by the professors who invented the Chicago course, articulating why they think that teaching psychoanalysis to undergraduates is crucial. Marcia Dobson, who is a clinician along with being a professor of Classics, gives some personal history as to why she is so invested in psychoanalysis and offers a clinical understanding for why she thinks undergraduates need psychoanalysis to help them understand themselves better. John Riker, a philosopher, concentrates on why the conceptual tools of psychoanalysis are crucial for undergraduates as they think about who they are, who they want to be, and how they are going to negotiate adult life.