On Freud's The Future of an Illusion

Herausgeber: O'Neil, Mary Kay; Akhtar, Salman

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reveals the author's reflections about religion as well as his hope that in the future science will go beyond religion, and reason will replace faith in God. This title considers Freudian ideas and their implications, while focusing on the contradictions and gaps in author's proposals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 145mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781855756274
• ISBN-10: 1855756277
• Artikelnr.: 26021275

Autorenporträt

Salman Akhtar

Inhaltsangabe

Contemporary Freud
Introduction
The Future of an Illusion (1927c)
The Future Of An Illusion
Discussion of The Future of an Illusion
Deconstructing Freud's The Future of an Illusion
The illusion of a future
The past of an illusion
Religious fundamentalism and violence
The morality of an "oppressed group"
Illusion
disillusion
and delusion
Freud's omission of the maternal in God
Three archaic contributions to the religious instinct
Re-reading Freud on religion in Hindu India
How belief in God affects my clinical work
Epilogue