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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821665603321

Autore

Parsons William Barclay <1955->

Titolo

The enigma of the oceanic feeling : revisioning the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism / / William B. Parsons

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-773900-8

1-280-76146-6

0-19-535408-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

291.422

291.422019

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of oceanic feeling.