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This incredible need to believe / Julia Kristeva ; translated by Beverley Bie Brahic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kristeva, Julia, 1941- author.
- Series:
- European perspectives.
- European perspectives : a series in social thought and cultural criticism
- Standardized Title:
- Bisogno di credere. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Belief and doubt.
- Psychoanalysis and religion.
- Christianity--Psychology.
- Christianity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (136 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism.""So writes Julia Kristeva in this provocative work, which skillfully upends our entrenched ideas about religion, belief, and the thought and work of a renowned psychoanalyst and critic. With dialogue and essay, Kristeva analyzes our ""incredible need to believe""& mdash;the inexorable push toward faith that, for Kristeva, lies at the
- Contents:
- The big question mark (in guise of a preface)
- This incredible need to believe : interview with Carmine Donzelli
- From Jesus to Mozart : Christianity's difference
- "Suffering" : Lenten lectures, March 19, 2006
- The genius of Catholicism
- Don't be afraid of European culture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786613792129
- 9780231219044
- 0231219040
- 9780231562720
- 0231562721
- 9781281861771
- 1281861774
- 9780231519953
- 0231519958
- OCLC:
- 793166807
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