Freud S Monotheism

Author : Gilad Sharvit,Karen S. Feldman
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780823280049

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Freud and Monotheism by Gilad Sharvit,Karen S. Feldman Pdf

Over the last few decades, vibrant debates regarding post-secularism have found inspiration and provocation in the works of Sigmund Freud. A new interest in the interconnection of psychoanalysis, religion and political theory has emerged, allowing Freud’s illuminating examination of the religious and mystical practices in “Obsessive Neurosis and Religious Practices,” and the exegesis of the origins of ethics in religion in Totem and Taboo, to gain currency in recent debates on modernity. In that context, the pivotal role of Freud’s masterpiece, Moses and Monotheism, is widely recognized. Freud and Monotheism brings together fundamental new contributions to discourses on Freud and Moses, as well as new research at the intersections of theology, political theory, and history in Freud’s psychoanalytic work. Highlighting the broad impact of Moses and Monotheism across the humanities, the contributors hail from such diverse disciplines as philosophy, comparative literature, cultural studies, German studies, Jewish studies and psychoanalysis. Jan Assmann and Richard Bernstein, whose books pioneered the earlier debate that initiated the Freud and Moses discourse, seize the opportunity to revisit and revise their groundbreaking work. Gabriele Schwab, Gilad Sharvit, Karen Feldman, and Yael Segalovitz engage with the idiosyncratic, eccentric and fertile nature of the book as a Spӓtstil, and explore radical interpretations of Freud’s literary practice, theory of religion and therapeutic practice. Ronald Hendel offers an alternative history for the Mosaic discourse within the biblical text, Catherine Malabou reconnects Freud’s theory of psychic phylogenesis in Moses and Monotheism to new findings in modern biology and Willi Goetschel relocates Freud in the tradition of works on history that begins with Heine, while Joel Whitebook offers important criticisms of Freud’s main argument about the advance in intellectuality that Freud attributes to Judaism.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Leonardo Paolo Lovari
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9788898301799

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Moses and Monotheism by Sigmund Freud Pdf

The book consists of three essays and is an extension of Freud’s work on psychoanalytic theory as a means of generating hypotheses about historical events. Freud hypothesizes that Moses was not Hebrew, but actually born into Ancient Egyptian nobility and was probably a follower of Akhenaten, an ancient Egyptian monotheist. Freud contradicts the biblical story of Moses with his own retelling of events, claiming that Moses only led his close followers into freedom during an unstable period in Egyptian history after Akhenaten (ca. 1350 BCE) and that they subsequently killed Moses in rebellion and later combined with another monotheistic tribe in Midian based on a volcanic God, Jahweh. Freud explains that years after the murder of Moses, the rebels regretted their action, thus forming the concept of the Messiah as a hope for the return of Moses as the Saviour of the Israelites. Freud said that the guilt from the murder of Moses is inherited through the generations; this guilt then drives the Jews to religion to make them feel better.

Author : Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300057563

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Freud's Moses by Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi Pdf

Moses and Monotheism, Freud's last major book and the only one specifically devoted to a Jewish theme, has proved to be one of the most controversial and enigmatic works in the Freudian canon. Among other things, Freud claims in the book that Moses was an Egyptian, that he derived the notion of monotheism from Egyptian concepts, and that after he introduced monotheism to the Jews he was killed by them. Since these historical and ethnographic assumptions have been generally rejected by biblical scholars, anthropologists, and historians of religion, the book has increasingly been approached psychoanalytically, as a psychological document of Freud's inner life--of his allegedly unresolved Oedipal complex and ambivalence over his Jewish identity. In Freud's Moses a distinguished historian of the Jews brings a new perspective to this puzzling work. Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi argues that while attempts to psychoanalyze Freud's text may be potentially fruitful, they must be preceded by a genuine effort to understand what Freud consciously wanted to convey to his readers. Using both historical and philological analysis, Yerushalmi offers new insights into Freud's intentions in writing Moses and Monotheism. He presents the work as Freud's psychoanalytic history of the Jews, Judaism, and the Jewish psyche--his attempt, under the shadow of Nazism, to discover what has made the Jews what they are. In the process Yerushalmi's eloquent and sensitive exploration of Freud's last work provides a reappraisal of Freud's feelings toward anti-Semitism and the gentile world, his ambivalence about psychoanalysis as a "Jewish" science, his relationship to his father, and above all a new appreciation of the depth and intensity of Freud's identity as a "godless Jew."

Author : Ruth Ginsburg,Ilana Pardes
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110948264

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New Perspectives on Freud's Moses and Monotheism by Ruth Ginsburg,Ilana Pardes Pdf

"New Perspectives on Freud's Moses and Monotheism" presents some of the most important current scholarship on 'Moses and Monotheism'. The essays in this volume offer new perspectives on Freud's perception of Judaism, of collective trauma and collective repression, national violence, gender issues, hermeneutic enigmas, religious configurations, questions of representation, and constructions of truth, while exploring the relevance of 'Moses and Monotheism' in diverse fields - from Jewish Studies, Psychoanalysis, History, and Egyptology to Literature, Musicology, and Art.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Belief and doubt
ISBN : 014013803X

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The Origins of Religion by Sigmund Freud Pdf

Author : Edward W. Said,Jacqueline Rose
Publisher : Verso
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1859845002

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Freud and the Non-European by Edward W. Said,Jacqueline Rose Pdf

Reveals Saidâe(tm)s abiding interest in Freudâe(tm)s work and its important influence on his own.

Author : Richard J. Bernstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1998-10-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521638771

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Freud and the Legacy of Moses by Richard J. Bernstein Pdf

Freud's last book, Moses and Monotheism, was published in 1939 during one of the darkest periods in Jewish history. This difficult book has frequently been vilified and dismissed because Freud claims that Moses was not a Hebrew but an Egyptian, and that the Jews murdered Moses in the wilderness. Richard Bernstein argues that a close reading of Moses and Monotheism reveals an underlying powerful coherence in which Freud seeks to specify the distinctive character and contribution of the Jewish people. It is this character that has enabled the Jewish people to survive despite persecution and virulent anti-Semitism, and Freud proudly identifies himself with it. In his analysis of Freud's often misunderstood last work, Bernstein goes on to shows how Freud expands and deepens our understanding of a religious tradition by revealing its unconscious dynamics.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780486282534

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Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud Pdf

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Author : Mark Edmundson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-09-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781582345376

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The Death of Sigmund Freud by Mark Edmundson Pdf

An account of the final two years in the life of Sigmund Freud and their legacy describes how, in 1938, the elderly, ailing, Jewish Freud was rescued from Nazi-occupied Vienna and brought to London, where he finally found acclaim for his achievements, battled terminal cancer, and wrote his most provocative book, Moses and Monotheism.

Author : William Parsons
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108908252

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Freud's Monotheism by William Parsons Pdf

This Element consists of three interrelated parts. 'What Freud Said' summarizes the salient details of Freud's psychology of religion: his views on the origins and development of western religions; on contemporary western monotheisms; on the 'unpsychological' proceedings of the religio-cultural super-ego; his qualified endorsement of religious forms of psychotherapy; and his cursory analysis of eastern religions.'What Freud got Wrong' surveys the history of the multidisciplinary critiques (anthropological, sociological, later psychoanalytic, theological/philosophical) that have been levelled at his interpretative strategies. 'Towards a Revised Psychoanalytic Theory of Religion' suggests that the best way forward is to employ a psychoanalytic theory of religion which, taking its cue from the history of its critique, houses reflective, inclusive and dialogical elements. It presents illustrations taken from a variety of contemporary religio-cultural phenomena (marvel movies; issues concerning religion, sexuality and gender; the Megachurch; QAnon) as portable lessons for such applications.

Author : Wolfgang Müller-Funk,Inge Scholz-Strasser,Herman Westerink,Daniela Finzi
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789058679352

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Psychoanalysis, Monotheism and Morality by Wolfgang Müller-Funk,Inge Scholz-Strasser,Herman Westerink,Daniela Finzi Pdf

In this volume, renowned experts in psychoanalysis reflect on the relationship between psychoanalysis and religion, in particular presenting various controversial interpretations of the question if and to what extent monotheism semantically and structurally fits psychoanalytic insights. Some essays augment traditional religious critiques of Freudianism with later religio-philosophical theories on, for example, femininity. Others explore the relation between psychopathology and morality from the Freudian premise that psychopathology shows in an excessive way aspects or mechanisms of the human psyche that constitute our subjectivity, moral capacities, and behavior.Contributors: Andreas De Block, KU Leuven-University of Leuven; Fethi Benslama, University of Paris Diderot; Sergio Benvenuto, ISTC, Rome; Gohar Homayounpour, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran; Felix de Mendelssohn, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna; Julia Kristeva, University of Paris Diderot; Lode Lauwaert, KU Leuven-University of Leuven; Siamak Movahedi, University of Massachusetts; Wolfgang Muller-Funk, University of Vienna; Gilles Ribault, University of Paris Diderot; Céline Surprenant, University of Sussex; Inge Scholz-Strasser, Sigmund Freud Foundation; Herman Westerink, University of Vienna; Joel Whitebook, Columbia University; Moshe Zuckermann, Tel Aviv University

Author : Robert A. Paul
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0300064284

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Moses and Civilization by Robert A. Paul Pdf

And he details the way Freud's myth corresponds to the unconscious fantasy structure of the obsessional personality - a style of personality dynamics Paul sees as essential to maintaining the bureaucratic institutions that comprise Western civilization's most distinctive features.

Author : Michael Palmer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781000740547

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Freud and Jung on Religion by Michael Palmer Pdf

In this outstanding book, originally published in 1997, and subsequently translated into many languages, Michael Palmer presents a detailed and comparative study of the two most famous theories of religion in the history of psychology: those of Freud and Jung. The first part of the book analyses Freud's claim that religion is an obsessional neurosis—a psychological illness fueled by sexual repression—and the second part considers Jung's rejection of Freud's theory and his own assertion that it is the absence of religion, not its presence, which leads to neurosis. Originally given as a series of lectures at Bristol University, this Classic edition of Freud and Jung on Religion is important reading for general and specialist readers alike, as it assumes no prior knowledge of the theories of Freud or Jung and is an invaluable teaching text.

Author : Armand Nicholi
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 074324785X

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The Question of God by Armand Nicholi Pdf

Compares and contrasts the beliefs of two famous thinkers, Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis, on topics ranging from the existence of God and morality to pain and suffering.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Newcomb Livraria Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783989888715

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Moses and the Monotheistic Religion: and other Writings on Religion by Freud by Sigmund Freud Pdf

A new translation from the original German manuscript of Freud's famous 1939 Moses the Man and the Monotheistic Religion, his last published major work, followed by his 1927 The Future of an Illusion (Die Zukunft einer Illusion) and several other major works on religion. This collection constitutes Freud's major works focused on the critique of religion, which was a major conflict between Freud and Carl Jung. This edition includes a rare and bizarre 1928 Pathography essay on Dostoevsky, whom he thought no one would care about in the future. The works included in this edition are: In German: 1907 Zwangshandlungen und Religionsübungen 1916 Vergänglichkeit 1927 Die Zukunft einer Illusion 1928 Dostojewski und die Vatertötung 1937 Die endliche und die unendliche Analyse 1939 Der Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion In English: 1907 Compulsive Acts and Religious Exercises 1916 Transience (or impermanence) 1927 The Future of an Illusion 1928 Dostoevsky and the Killing of the Father 1937 The finite and the infinite analysis 1939 Moses the Man and the Monotheistic Religion This edition includes an introduction by the translator on the philosophic differences between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, a glossary of Freudian Psychological terminology and a timeline of Freud’s life & works. This is Volume X in the 2023 Complete Works of Sigmund Freud by NL Press. This new translation of Freud's collected systematic works laid out across 14 volumes by topic and contains essays which have never been translated into until now.