The triumph of the therapeutic : uses of faith after Freud ; with a new preface / Philip Rieff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rieff, Philip, 1922-2006.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Influence.

Freud, Sigmund.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Civilization, Western--Psychological aspects.

Civilization, Western.

Psychoanalysis and culture.

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Guilt--Social aspects.

Guilt.

Narcissism.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvi pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 274 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

[University of Chicago Press edition].

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [1987]

Summary:

"Philip Rieff has become out most learned and provocative critic of psychoanalytic thinking and of the compelling mind and character of its first proponent. Rieff's "Freud: The Mind of the Moralist" remains the sharpest exegesis yet to be done on the moral and intellectual implications of Freud's work. It was a critical masterpiece, worthy of the man who inspired it; and it is now followed by a work that suffers not at all in comparison. No review can do justice to the richness of "The Triumph of the Therapeutic.""--Robert Coles, "New York Times Book Review " "A triumphantly successful exploration of certain key themes in cultural life. Rieff's incidental remarks are not only illuminating in themselves; they suggest whole new areas of inquiry."--Alasdair MacIntyre, "Guardian"

Contents:

Preface, 1987

Preface

Introductory: Toward a theory of culture

The analytic attitude: Freud's legacy and its inheritors

The impoverishment of western culture

Community and therapy

In defense of analytic attitude

The therapeutic as theologian: Jung's psychology as a language of faith

The therapeutic as martyr: Reich's religion of energy

The therapeutic as mythmaker: Lawrence's true christian philosophy

The triumph of the therapeutic.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1966.

"University of Chicago Press edition 1987."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy has underlines and marginal marks with highlighted passages.

ISBN:

0226716465

0226716457

OCLC:

14359120