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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826736203321

Autore

Kradin Richard L.

Titolo

The parting of the ways : how esoteric Judaism and Christianity influenced the psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung / / Richard Kradin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Massachussetts : , : Academic Studies Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61811-423-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Psychoanalysis and Jewish Life

Disciplina

150.1/952

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and religion

Christianity - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Sigmund Freud: "Godless Jew" -- Chapter 2. Carl Gustav Jung: A Preacher's Son. -- Chapter 3. Anatomy of Psyche, Anatomy of Soul -- Chapter 4. The Judeo-Christian Ethic -- Chapter 5. Boundaries: Discerning What Is Holy from What Is Profane -- Chapter 6. Law and Spirit -- Chapter 7. Mysticism: Word and Image. -- Chapter 8. God and the Unconscious -- Chapter 9. Revelation and Psychoanalysis -- Chapter 10. Eros and Sexuality -- Chapter 11. The Symbolic Realm -- Chapter 12. Dreams and Midrash -- Chapter 13. Transference: Personal or Not? -- Chapter 14. Trauma, Psychopathology, and Jewish Mysticism -- Chapter 15. Obsessionality and Historical Traumas -- Chapter 16. Master and Disciple -- Chapter 17. Losing Oneself: Narcissism and Bitul -- Chapter 18. Oedipus and Supersession -- Chapter 19. Psychoanalysis and Altered States -- Conclusion -- Figure Legends -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Enlightenment signaled diminished popular reliance on the religious "cure of the soul," and witnessed the emergence of psychoanalysis. From its inception, Freud's psychoanalysis was accused of being a "Jewish science," and he countered by including non-Jewish Swiss psychiatrists in his movement. Carl Jung eventually broke with Freud due to differences concerning psychoanalytical theory and



practice. This text explores the religious underpinnings of psychoanalysis, contrasting the textual and mystical traditions of Judaism with those of Christianity. It convincingly demonstrates that differences in the fundamental tenets of Judaism and Christianity have had a profound and continued influence on psychoanalysis.