Unleash the potential of the one third of your lifetime that you spend asleep by deepening your understanding of your dreams. Numerous questions about our dreams, mind and body and about the role of the unconscious in these spheres can be intriguing to anyone even without a background in psychology or neuroscience. In a first part of this book club, historical perspectives on the unconscious will be discussed based on key works from the era of psychoanalysis. Contemporary works reviewing recent research will put us in a more modern mindset in the second part. Other than that, the comparative discussion of texts from different periods will give us the opportunity to reflect on the history of ideas.
Readings include works by Freud, Jung, Roth, Klein and Dennett.
Nevertheless, suggestions for further readings are welcome and all participants are encouraged to shape the program of this book club.
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Participants: maximum 10 persons. Students from all fields and at all levels are encouraged to participate in this book club.
Languages: English, French and German for the books and the discussions (translations available). As usual, the principle that everyone may speak in his/her native language will be applied.
Time frame: from early 2017 to autumn 2017.
Meetings: About two to three meetings (evening or about half a day during the weekend) per semester. Depending on who reads which books there might be additional meetings in smaller groups. Physical meetings might be complemented by exchange of ideas on digital platforms.
Location: To be determined, but most probably in the Lausanne region. Depending on the preferences of the participants, the meeting place might be always the same or changing from one meeting to another (e.g. Bern, Fribourg, Lausanne).
Organizers: Elisa Bezençon, Muriel Blum, Roman Blum.
