The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis

The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis: Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory

Hardback Published on: 23/02/1996
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Synopsis

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.

  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521444019
  • Number of pages: 254
  • Weight: 540g
  • Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17 mm

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