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Psychoanalysis and Theism - Critical Reflections on the GrYnbaum Thesis (Hardcover)
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Psychoanalysis and Theism - Critical Reflections on the GrYnbaum Thesis (Hardcover)
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How should we approach the psychological study of religion, and how
relevant is classical psychoanalysis, identified with the writings
of Sigmund Freud, to the understanding of religion? Freud's
writings on religion have been discussed often and continue to
attract attention and debate. Psychoanalysis and Theism starts with
an essay by Adolf Grunbaum, one of the world's leading philosophers
of science and an incisive critic of Freud's work. Grunbaum looks
at Freud's general claims about the psychological mechanisms
involved in religion and finds them lacking. Then, in a surprising
turn, Grunbaum judges some of Freud's interpretations of concrete
religious ideas and practices to be not only cogent, but
indispensable. When it comes to the case of the belief in Virgin
Birth, Grunbaum finds an Oedipal interpretation to be our only
choice. This remarkable essay is the stimulus for a symposium with
nine senior scholars, coming from the fields of philosophy,
psychology, sociology, and psychoanalysis, who present their
critical reflections on how we should study religion, how we should
treat Freud's ideas, and what the future directions in
psychological research on concrete religious behavior should be.
The contributors bring to this effort their varied fields of
expertise, from analytical philosophy to experimental psychology.
Of special interest are essays which deal with the Virgin Birth
doctrine and its possible psychological sources and with the
potential for future psychoanalytic studies of faith and ritual.
Other essays focus on Freud's conscious and unconscious motivations
for studying religion as well as the hidden biases and lacunae
found in the social science literature on religious practices. This
volume adds a unique combination of critical and knowledgeable
voices to the debate on Sigmund Freud's legacy."
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