The parting of the ways : how esoteric Judaism and Christianity influenced the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung / Richard Kradin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kradin, Richard L., author.

Series:

Psychoanalysis and Jewish life.

Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Christianity--Psychological aspects.

Christianity.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961.

Jung, C. G.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston, Massachussetts : Academic Studies Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Enlightenment signaled diminished popular reliance on the religious "cure of the soul," and witnessed the emergence of psychoanalysis. From its inception, Freud's psychoanalysis was accused of being a "Jewish science," and he countered by including non-Jewish Swiss psychiatrists in his movement. Carl Jung eventually broke with Freud due to differences concerning psychoanalytical theory and practice. This text explores the religious underpinnings of psychoanalysis, contrasting the textual and mystical traditions of Judaism with those of Christianity. It convincingly demonstrates that differences in the fundamental tenets of Judaism and Christianity have had a profound and continued influence on psychoanalysis.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Sigmund Freud: "Godless Jew"

Chapter 2. Carl Gustav Jung: A Preacher's Son.

Chapter 3. Anatomy of Psyche, Anatomy of Soul

Chapter 4. The Judeo-Christian Ethic

Chapter 5. Boundaries: Discerning What Is Holy from What Is Profane

Chapter 6. Law and Spirit

Chapter 7. Mysticism: Word and Image.

Chapter 8. God and the Unconscious

Chapter 9. Revelation and Psychoanalysis

Chapter 10. Eros and Sexuality

Chapter 11. The Symbolic Realm

Chapter 12. Dreams and Midrash

Chapter 13. Transference: Personal or Not?

Chapter 14. Trauma, Psychopathology, and Jewish Mysticism

Chapter 15. Obsessionality and Historical Traumas

Chapter 16. Master and Disciple

Chapter 17. Losing Oneself: Narcissism and Bitul

Chapter 18. Oedipus and Supersession

Chapter 19. Psychoanalysis and Altered States

Conclusion

Figure Legends

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61811-423-9

OCLC:

1135586060