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

Cultural history of psychoanalysis, tracing it back to Judaeo-Christian and Greek sources.

Sommario

Introduction; 1. Toward a cultural genealogy of psychoanalytic developmental psychology; 2. The assenting ego: Anglo-American values in contemporary psychoanalytic developmental psychology; 3. The developmental narrative: the design of psychological history; 4. Theological sources of the idea of development; 5. The Christian mystical narrative: Neoplatonism and Christian mysticism; 6. Jacob Boehme: towards worldly mysticism; 7. Romantic thought: from worldly mysticism to natural supernaturalism; 8. Personal supernaturalism: the cultural genealogy of the psychoanalytic developmental narrative; Conclusion.

Riassunto

Suzanne Kirschner traces psychoanalytic theories of the self back to biblical and neoplatonic roots to show that religious themes and values still influence how modern psychologists make sense of the human condition.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Suzanne R. Kirschner, Kirschner Suzanne R., Suzanne Kirshner
• Con la collaborazione di: Steven Seidman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.02.1996
• EAN: 9780521555609
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55560-9
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Peso: 390 g
• Illustrazioni: Worked examples or Exercises
• Serie: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Studies
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicanalisi; Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis