Psychoanalysis and theism : critical reflections on the Grünbaum thesis / / edited by Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi

• Pubblicazione: Lanham [Md.], : Jason Aronson, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (200 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.6150195
• Soggetto topico: Psychoanalysis and religion
• Altri autori: Beit-HallahmiBenjamin
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Psychoanalysis and theism / Adolf Grünbaum -- A problem for Freud's disjunctive argument / David Livingston Smith -- The psychoanalysis of religion and the dissolution of epistemic certitude / Jerry S. Piven -- Psychoanalytic theories of religion and the "Catholic problem" / Michael P. Carroll -- Freud, Jewish universalism, and the critique of religion / Carlo Strenger -- Interpreting three religious constructs / Harriet Lutzky -- Another epistemic evaluation of Freud's Oedipal theory religion / Ralph W. Hood, Jr. -- Mapping the imagination : heroes, gods, and Oedipal triumphs / Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi.
• Sommario/riassunto: Psychoanalysis and Theism starts with a critique of psychoanalysis and its application to religion which, surprisingly, ends up expressing enthusiastic support for some classical psychoanalytic ideas. Following this essay by Adolf Grünbaum, one of the world's leading philosophers of science, nine senior scholars offer their own critical reflections on Freud's work and its hidden motives, on the potential of psychoanalytic ideas for the study of religion, and on the interpretation of the Virgin Birth and other doctrines
• Titolo autorizzato: Psychoanalysis and theism
• ISBN: 1-283-68812-3; 1-4617-3096-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828979503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II