The course offers the fundamental elements to understand the origin and development of psychoanalytic science. It gives a specific attention to the reading and comments of some of Freud's Writings in order to show the lively source of his ideas.

The issues will be presented in the following order:

1. Analysis of main Freudian ideas linked with:

    - the period of Freud's Life when they come into view

    - the dialectic with Freudian followers

    - Group exercises about post-Freudian Authors

2. Analysis of main psychoanalytic concepts by which we can describe the constitution of individual thinking and its psychopatology.

3. Specific attention will be dedicated to the psychopathology of Melancholia

4. Thinking since Childhood will be the English seminar dedicated to evaluate with current evidences the Freud's discoveries about the Childhood and its fundamental forms constituting the mental life. Will be presented some international psychoanalytic papers on the issue.

Students must show:

- mastery of basic knowlwdge about the discipline

- understanding of the fundamental concepts of the discipline

- the ability to use knouledge and concepts according to the logic of the discipline

The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it

Teaching

Lectures, Tematic seminars, Workshop, Group exercises about post-Freudian Authors.

The Erasmus students could have a specific program with English papers on Dynamic Psychology.

Course books

I.   P. Roazen, Freud e i suoi seguaci, Einaudi, Torino.

II.  S. Freud, Metapsicologia, Biblioteca Boringhieri, Torino

III. S. Freud, Il caso clinico del Piccolo Hans, Biblioteca Boringhieri, Torino

IV. AA.VV., Il Mondo come Psicopatologia, Quaderno di Sic Edizioni (in corso di stampa)

V.  G. M. Genga, M. G. Pediconi (a cura di), Pensare con Freud, Sic Edizioni, Milano

VI. English papers will be indicated during the course.

Assessment

Oral exam

Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)

Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.

To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.