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Psychoanalysis and Theism
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
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hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
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 Grünbaum, one of the world's leading philosophers of science and an incisive critic of Freud's work. Grünbaum looks at Freud's general claims about the psychological mechanisms involved in religion and finds them lacking. Then, in a surprising turn, Grünbaum judges some of Freud's interpretations of concrete religious ideas and ... Read more
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 Grünbaum, one of the world's leading philosophers of science and an incisive critic of Freud's work. Grünbaum looks at Freud's general claims about the psychological mechanisms involved in religion and finds them lacking. Then, in a surprising turn, Grünbaum judges some of Freud's interpretations of concrete religious ideas and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
Number of Pages
198
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765707222
SKU
V9780765707222
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About Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi
Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi, PhD, is professor of psychology at the University of Haifa and senior research associate at the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut.
Reviews for Psychoanalysis and Theism
Adolf Grünbaum is an excellent philosopher of science. It is very good to have his critical assessment of the evidence for Freud’s theory of religion reprinted here along with comments by scholars in several different fields. The authors examine Freud’s and Grünbaum’s arguments using resources drawn from philosophy, sociology, contemporary psychoanalysis, empirical psychology of religion, and the history of religions. ... Read more