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

• Autore: Parsons William Barclay <1955->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.422; 291.422019
• Soggetto topico: Psychoanalysis and religion
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The enigma of the oceanic feeling
• ISBN: 1-280-76146-6; 0-19-535408-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451005903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II