The hidden Freud : his Hassidic roots / Joseph H. Berke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berke, Joseph H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores Sigmund Freud and the his Jewish roots and demonstrates the input of the Jewish mystical tradition into Western culture via psychoanalysis. It shows in particular how the ideas of Kabbalah and Hassidism have profoundly influenced and enriched our understanding of mental processes and clinical practices. Freud's own ancestors were hassidim going back many generations, and the book examines how this background influenced both his life and his work. It also shows how he struggled to deny these roots in order to be accepted as a secular, German professional, and at the same time

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Sigmund Freud and the Rebbe Rashab; CHAPTER TWO A tale of two orphans; CHAPTER THREE The Jewish mystical traditions; CHAPTER FOUR Bion and Kabbalah; CHAPTER FIVE On the nature of the self: and its relationship with the soul; CHAPTER SIX On the nature of the soul: and its relationship with the self; CHAPTER SEVEN The replacement child; CHAPTER EIGHT Sigmund Freud and Rabbi Safran; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; CHAPTER NINE On opposites; CHAPTER TEN Lowness of spirit; CHAPTER ELEVEN Reparation

CHAPTER TWELVE AtonementEPILOGUE; GLOSSARY OF HEBREW AND YIDDISH TERMS; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 30, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-92099-7

0-429-90676-5

0-429-48199-3

1-78241-105-4

9780429481994

OCLC:

911197855