The online course Jacques Lacan: Introductory Overview provides an overview of Jacques Lacan’s life, intellectual development, and major psychoanalytic concepts through a scholarly, open-access article by Adrian Johnston in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Lacan was an influential and controversial figure in twentieth-century psychoanalysis whose work also affected philosophy, literary theory, and other fields concerned with language, subjectivity, and identity. The course examines the development of Lacan’s ideas, including the Real, Imaginary, and Symbolic; the Mirror Stage; his distinction between ego and subject; otherness; the Oedipus complex; and the relationships among need, demand, and desire. Participants read the article and complete an online multiple-choice test. A Certificate of Completion is awarded for 4 CE credits upon successful completion. Intermediate level. This course may be applied toward the Certificate of Advanced Study in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. $50.
