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166-028 Political Psychology | |
Note | Formerly available as 166-232/332. Students who have completed 166-232/332 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Graham Little |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year Politics. Students with only 12.5 points in Politics may apply to the Second/Third Year coordinator. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | 30 contact hours per semester. Two 1-hour lectures per week for 10 weeks and a 1-hour tutorial per week for 10 weeks. The lecture and tutorial programs are staggered and cover the 12 weeks of semester |
Subject Description | This subject is a study of the passions that drive politics and public affairs; of how private and individual worlds intersect with public, collective worlds. The subject provides an opportunity to reflect on how the self, begun in childhood, finds expression in adult concerns and how it shapes and is shaped by social institutions and history. Students who complete this subject should: understand that politics is driven by human passions, fantasies and desires and have confronted the idea that there is unconscious politics as well as conscious politics. (Sigmund Freud's first ambition was to be a great political leader!) |
Assessment | A short project of 1500 words and a research essay of 2500 words. |
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