Dual allegiance : Freud as a modern Jew / Moshe Gresser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gresser, Moshe, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Religion.

Freud, Sigmund.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Correspondence.

Judaism and psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using Freud's correspondence, this book argues that his Jewishness was in fact a source of energy and pride for him and that he identified with both Jewish and humanist traditions.Gresser presents an extended analysis of Freud's personal correspondence. Arranged in chronological order, the material conveys a vivid sense of Freud's personal and psychological development. Close reading of Freud's letters, with frequent attention to the original German and its cultural context, allows Gresser to weave a fascinating story of Freud's life and Jewish commitments, as seen through the words of the master himself. The book culminates in an extended discussion of Freud's last and most deliberately Jewish work, Moses and Monotheism. Gresser thus initiates a discussion about modern Jewish identity that will be of interest to anyone concerned about questions of the relationship between tradition and modernity, and between the particular and the universal, that moderns struggle with in the search for authenticity.

Contents:

Front Matter

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Content

Introduction

The Early Period

The Middle Period

The Late Period

Dual Allegiance and Modern Identity

Back Matter

Notes

Selected Bibliography

ADDENDUM

General Index

Index of Sigmund Freud's Letters

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-302) and indexes.

ISBN:

9781438404813

1438404816

OCLC:

794701295