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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis

Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory

By: Suzanne R. Kirschner

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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis

Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory

By: Suzanne R. Kirschner

In this book, Suzanne Kirschner traces the origins of contemporary psychoanalysis back to the foundations of Judaeo-Christian culture, and challenges the prevailing view that modern theories of the self mark a radical break with religious and cultural tradition. Instead, she argues, they offer an account of human development which has its beginnings in biblical theology and neoplatonic mysticism. Drawing on a wide range of religious, literary, philosophical and anthropological sources, Dr Kirschner demonstrates that current Anglo-American psychoanalytic theories are but the latest version of a narrative that has been progressively secularized over the course of nearly two millennia. She displays a deep understanding of psychoanalytic theories, while at the same time raising provocative questions about their status as knowledge and as science.

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0521555604

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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis

Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory

By: Suzanne R. Kirschner

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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis

Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory

By: Suzanne R. Kirschner

In this book, Suzanne Kirschner traces the origins of contemporary psychoanalysis back to the foundations of Judaeo-Christian culture, and challenges the prevailing view that modern theories of the self mark a radical break with religious and cultural tradition. Instead, she argues, they offer an account of human development which has its beginnings in biblical theology and neoplatonic mysticism. Drawing on a wide range of religious, literary, philosophical and anthropological sources, Dr Kirschner demonstrates that current Anglo-American psychoanalytic theories are but the latest version of a narrative that has been progressively secularized over the course of nearly two millennia. She displays a deep understanding of psychoanalytic theories, while at the same time raising provocative questions about their status as knowledge and as science.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521555604

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9780521555609