Diploma
in Psychoanalytic Social Studies
A distance learning course
College accreditation: International Association for Distance Learning.
Course accredited by Institute for Meridian Psychotherapy
for professional development purposes
Understand society's problems from
an analytic point of view
Total
recommended period of study: approx.
3 months or less. Continuous enrolment. No time limit.
Cost:
£195.00 (195 Pounds Sterling - for currency conversion see
www.xe.com )
A FREE textbook
(approx. 400 pages)
will be sent to UK students. Non-UK students will normally purchase the
book on-line from an internet bookstore.
UPDATE (July 2011) Book out of print - a used
copy will be sent to UK students. Non-UK
students may purchased used from Amazon. We
reserve right to suspend this course if there is
difficulty obtaining the textbook at a
reasonable cost.
Method of study
Textbook study. Written assignments based on
textbooks and exercises. Assignment questions are issued by email and
students return their written work by email. Grades and feedback are issued by
email.
Course
overview
This course
traces the foundations of culture from prehistoric times and also looks at how
cultures change and how they go wrong.
Understanding the deeper psychological
forces that have expressed themselves through society throughout the ages can
help us to understand contemporary questions such as:
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Why are there
sometimes drastic changes in civilisations?
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Why does
modern art seem to have lost its soul?
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Why is
psychopathic violence so widespread especially in the youth of today?
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Why are
religious fanatics preaching destruction and the overthrow of Western
civilisation?
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What are the
psychological causes of terrorism?
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Why is the
position of defeating and controlling the natural environment entrenched in
industry, making ecological awareness an uphill struggle?
Many sociologists
believe that individuals react to the demands of society.
According to one
modern psychoanalytic view, it is the other way round: social activities and
institutions reflect what is in our minds.
This course takes as its key text a
work by contemporary psychoanalyst George Frankl who explores how unconscious
structures, or myths, became externalised in society as religions, culture and
philosophy, which in turn influenced law, politics, work and how we deal with
property.
The result is a historical study of the development of civilisation
and also of its dark side or disintegration which reflects disordered forces
within the psyche.
Entry
criteria and suitability
No particular qualifications are required for entry.
Qualification
Successful graduates will receive the Diploma in
Psychoanalytic Social Studies awarded by UK College of Holistic Training which is a private UK
qualification. The college is accredited by the International Association for
Distance Learning.
The course is accredited by
The Institute for Meridian Psychotherapy
(which is linked to UKCHT) for professional development purposes (see
societies page for explanation).
This course is not
in itself a qualification in counselling or
psychotherapy. It is offered for educational and
professional development purposes.
This diploma is accepted by
Calamus International University (a
non-UK, private distance university with private accreditation) for credit towards
a degree.
Further information
Please see our FAQs page for general information.
We reserve the right to change the syllabus and other details of any course at
any time.
To apply for this course
now, go to our Application page
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