Spiritual Resistance of Rabbi Leo Baeck - Psychoanalysis and Religion

The Spiritual Resistance of Rabbi Leo Baeck provides an overview of the life of Dr. Leo Baeck (1873-1956), a German-Jewish rabbi, theologian, historian and Holocaust survivor, from a psychoanalytic perspective.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
1 Introduction 1
2 Spiritual Resistance in Nazi Germany 12
3 Spiritual Resistance in Theresienstadt 40
4 Religious Consciousness and Theological Reflections 66
5 Implications for Psychoanalysis 80
References 95

About the author

Paul Marcus is a training and supervisory analyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York City and co-chairperson of the discussion group Psychoanalysis and Spirituality at the American Psychoanalytic Association. He is the author of Psychoanalysis and Toileting: Minding One's Business and Psychoanalysis and Wisdom: Encountering 'Ethics of the Fathers' (Routledge).

Summary

The Spiritual Resistance of Rabbi Leo Baeck provides an overview of the life of Dr. Leo Baeck (1873-1956), a German-Jewish rabbi, theologian, historian and Holocaust survivor, from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Marcus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032877594
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3287759-4
• No. of pages: 108
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Spirituality, HISTORY / Jewish, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, Religion: general, Psychotherapy, Jewish Studies, Second World War, The Holocaust, Judaism, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Non-Western philosophy, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Social groups: religious groups and communities, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis