| Description |
xxi, 297 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Freud's Compulsion to Collect Antiquities -- 2. Family History -- 3. Jakob and the "Catastrophe" -- 4. Jakob, Man and Father -- 5. The Dedication and Freud's Response -- 6. Freud's Childhood Impressions from the Philippson Bible -- 7. The Philippson Bible and Freud's Antiquities Collection -- 8. Freud's Religious Evolution -- 9. Freud's Theories About Religion -- 10. Amalie Nathansohn Freud -- 11. Amalie Freud, Nature, God, and Death -- 12. Why Did Freud Reject God? A Psychodynamic Interpretation |
| Summary |
"In this book a widely recognized authority on religion and psychoanalysis takes a fascinating journey into Freud's past to examine the roots of his atheism. Dr. Ana-Maria Rizzuto reviews and reorganizes data about Freud's development and life circumstances to provide a psychodynamic interpretation of his rejection of God. She argues that Freud's early life and family relationships made it psychically impossible for him to believe in a provident and caring divine being."--BOOK JACKET. "The book brings to light critical aspects of Freud's early and late object relations and their lasting impact on his rejection of God."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [273]-280) and index |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Religion.
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Psychoanalysts -- Austria -- Biography.
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Psychology and religion.
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Belief and doubt.
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Atheists -- Austria -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
97049877 |
| ISBN |
0300075251 cloth alkaline paper |
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