(H/B) DISCIPLINING FREUD ON RELIGION

Παρουσίαση

It is well known that in formulating his general theoretical framework and views on religion Freud drew on multiple disciplines within the natural and social sciences, as well as from the humanities. This edited collection adds to the continued multidisciplinary interest in Freud by focusing on his understanding and interpretation of and relationship to religion. It 'disciplines' Freud by situating his work on religion from the methodological interests and theoretical advances found in diverse disciplinary contexts. Scholars within the field of religious studies, Jewish Studies, philosophy, and the natural sciences bring together their diverse voices to heighten the academic understanding of Freud on religion. The contributors aim to establish closer and more direct interdisciplinary communication and collaboration with regard to Freudian Studies. This volume should appeal to a wide range of scholars, for upper level undergraduate and graduate classes and those training in psychoanalysis. (From the publisher)

The contributions of these respected scholars representing the fields of religious studies, the natural and social sciences, and philosophy, demonstrate that more than seventy years after his death, Freud's complex interpretation of religion continues to have considerable impact on our understanding of culture and the way we view ourselves as human beings. This important book establishes a unique and engaging interdisciplinary approach to the contemporary study of Freud "on religion". (Kirk A. Bingaman, Fordham University)

Περιεχόμενα

Introduction
On Freud, Religion and Religious Studies
Desiderata and Possibilities for the Psychological Study of Religion: How to Enlarge the Place of Freudian Thought in Religious Studies
When Throne and Altar are in Danger: Freud, Mourning, and Religion in Modernity
Perspectives from the Natural and Social Sciences
Love the Mother, Hate the Father: Understanding Sociology's Vehement Rejection of Freud on Religion
Of Chariots, Navels and Winged Steeds: The Dialogue between Psychoanalysis and Buddhism
Freud and Neuroscience: A Return to Origins
Philosophical Reconsiderations
Freud and Philosophy of Religion after Metaphysics
Dreaming Foreclosed and the 'Jewish Joke': The Paradoxes of Identification,or Martin Buber and Sigmund Freud on the Meaning of Judaism
Freudian Unconscious and Secularization of Judaism
Bibliography

Contributions by Jacob Belzen, Bettina Bergo, Kelly Bulkeley, Michael Carroll, Jean-Joseph Goux, Diane Jonte-Pace, Gregory Kaplan and William B. Parsons