| Description |
1 online resource (169 pages) |
| Series |
Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion |
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Key thinkers in the study of religion.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Freud and the psychoanalytic study of religion; 1. Psychoanalysis as a critical theory of religion; 2. "The mind is its own place, and in itself/Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven"; 3. Crime, punishment and the return of the repressed: the triumph of the intellectual and the moral mind; 4. Telepathy and the "occult" unconscious; 5. What's love got to do with it? New psycho-mythologies; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Freud argued that religions originate in the unconscious needs, longings and fantasies of human minds. His work has served to highlight how any analysis of religion must explore mental life, both the cognitive and the unconscious. ''Freud on Religion'' examines Freud''s complex understanding of religious belief and practice. The book brings together contemporary psychoanalytic theory and case material from Freud''s clinical practice to illustrate how the operations of the unconscious mind support various forms of religious belief, from mainstream to occult. ''Freud on Religion'' offers a new |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 -- Religion
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| SUBJECT |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 fast |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis and religion.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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RELIGION -- Essays.
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RELIGION -- Reference.
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Psychoanalysis and religion
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Religion
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317545910 |
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1317545915 |
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9781315729435 |
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1315729431 |
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