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Autore |
Santner Eric L. <1955-> |
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Titolo |
On the psychotheology of everyday life [[electronic resource] ] : reflections on Freud and Rosenzweig / / Eric L. Santner |
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Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, c2001 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-12605-5 |
9786611126056 |
0-226-73489-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (164 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Psychoanalysis and religion |
Psychoanalysis and philosophy |
Psychology and religion |
Psychology and philosophy |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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In the midst of life -- From the reign of the undead to the blessings of more life -- Toward an ethics of singularity -- Responsibility beyond the superego. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life, Eric Santner puts Sigmund Freud in dialogue with his contemporary Franz Rosenzweig in the service of reimagining ethical and political life. By exploring the theological dimensions of Freud's writings and revealing unexpected psychoanalytic implications in the religious philosophy of Rosenzweig's masterwork, The Star of Redemption, Santner makes an original argument for understanding religions of revelation in therapeutic terms, and offers a penetrating look at how this understanding suggests fruitful ways of reconceiving political community. Santner's crucial innovation in this new study is to bring the theological notion of revelation into a broadly psychoanalytic field, where it can be understood as a force that opens the self to everyday life and encourages accountability within the larger world. Revelation itself becomes redefined as an openness toward what is singular, enigmatic, |
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