Religion, society, and psychoanalysis : readings in contemporary theory / Janet L. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Janet Liebman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p. )

Edition:

1st.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Distinguished contributors provide an overview of three generations of psychoanalytic theory, including the work of Freud, Horney, Winnicott, and Kristeva, and discuss the evolution of psychoanalytic thought as it relates to the role that religion plays in modern culture. }Religion clearly remains a powerful social and political force in Western society. Freudian-based theory continues to inform psychoanalytic investigations into personality development, gender relations, and traumatic disorders. Using a historical framework, this collection of new essays brings together contemporary scholarship on religion and psychoanalysis. These various yet related psychoanalytic interpretations of religious symbolism and commitment offer a unique social analysis on the meaning of religion.Beginning with Freuds views on religion and mystical experience and continuing with those of Horney, Winnicott, Kristeva, Miller, and others, this volume surveys the work of three generations of psychoanalytic theorists. Special attention is given to objects relations theory and ego psychology, as well as to the recent work from the European tradition. Distinguished contributors provide a basic overview of a given theorists scholarship and discuss its place in the evolution of psychoanalytic thought as it relates to the role that religion plays in modern culture. Religion, Society, and Psychoanalysis marks a major, interdisciplinary step forward in filling the void in the social-psychology of religion. It is an extremely useful handbook for students and scholars of psychology and religion.

Contents:

Introduction

Freud

Freud and Hasidism

Freud, Maimonides, and Incest

Freud as Other

Psychoanalysis and Fundamentalism

Psychoanalysis and the Second-Generation Theorists

Karen Horney's Encounter with Zen

Melanie Klein, Motherhood, and the "Heart of the Heart of Darkness"

Playing and Believing

Childhood Fears, Adult Anxieties, and the Longing for Inner Peace

Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Heinz Kohut's Struggles with Religion, Ethnicity, and God

Creating a New Research Paradigm for the Psychoanalytic Study of Religion

Alice Miller's Insights into Religious Seekership

Illusions with Futures: Jacques Lacan

God and Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Julia Kristeva and the Psychoanalytic Study of Religion: Rethinking Freud's Cultural Texts

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-97734-4

0-367-31767-2

0-8133-2647-8

0-429-96626-1

1-4294-9107-8

9780429497711

OCLC:

1027103275