Aileen Hewitt Marsha - Freud On Religion - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Freud argued that religions originate in the unconscious needs longings and fantasies of human minds. His work has served to highlight how any analysis of religion must explore mental life both the cognitive and the unconscious. Freud on Religion examines Freud's complex understanding of religious belief and practice. The book brings together contemporary psychoanalytic theory and case material from Freud's clinical practice to illustrate how the operations of the unconscious mind support various forms of religious belief from mainstream to occult. Freud on Religion offers a new way of understanding Freud's thinking and demonstrates how valuable psychoanalysis is for the study of religion.
Title: Freud On Religion
Author(s): Aileen Hewitt Marsha
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781844657988
Pages: 168 Pages
Publication Date: 4/1/2014
Series: Key Thinkers in the Study of Religion
Category: Psychoanalytical Theory (Freudian Psychology)