Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud

The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud presents the parallels between The Guide of the Perplexed and The Interpretation of Dreams, considering how Maimonides might be perceived as anticipating Freud's much later work.

List of contents

Acknowledgements Preface- Rambam and Freud: a Secret Symmetry 1. Introduction- Maimonides' Guide of The Perplexed as a Medieval Precursor to Freud's Interpretation of Dreams 2. Rambam: B'reishit ("In the Beginning"; or "At the Head") 3. Mishnah Torah: Precedence for The Guide מורה נבוכים; Historical Context. 4. Guide 5. The Exoteric and Esoteric of Freud's Dream Book 6. Denouement: Rambam's Perplexing Moreh and Freud's Perplexing Dream

About the author

Nathan Szajnberg is a training analyst and retired Sigmund Freud Professor of Psychoanalysis at The Hebrew University, Israel. Szajnberg was born in Germany, grew up in Rochester, NY, and attended the College and Medical School at the University of Chicago, USA. His residencies include pediatrics, general, and child psychiatry, and he completed his psychoanalytic training at the St. Louis Institute, USA. He lives in Palo Alto with his wife and four children.

Summary

The Secret Symmetry of Maimonides and Freud presents the parallels between The Guide of the Perplexed and The Interpretation of Dreams, considering how Maimonides might be perceived as anticipating Freud’s much later work.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan Szajnberg
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781032414669
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3241466-9
• No. of pages: 98
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Philosophy, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Medieval Western philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis