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Parsons William Barclay <1955-> |
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Titolo |
The enigma of the oceanic feeling [[electronic resource] ] : revisioning the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism / / William B. Parsons |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-76146-6 |
0-19-535408-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Psychoanalysis and religion |
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 (p. 225-237) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; PART I: THE FREUD-ROLLAND CORRESPONDENCE; 1. Across all Boundaries: The Atheistic Jew and The Apostle of Love; 2. The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling; 3. Rolland and the Emerging Psychology and Religion Movement; 4. The Debate Continued; PART II: THE OCEANIC FEELING REVISITED; 5. A Congregation of One; 6. Mysticism East and West; 7. The Oceanic Feeling Interpreted; Conclusion; Appendix: The Letters of Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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This study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the seminal correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of ""oceanic feeling."" Providing a corrective to current views which frame psychoanalysis as pathologizing mysticism, Parsons reveals the existence of three models entertained by Freud and Rolland: the classical reductive, ego-adaptive, and transformational (which allows for a transcendent dimension to mysticism). Then, reconstructing Rolland's personal mysticism (the ""oceanic feeling"") through texts and letters unavailab |
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