Freud and Monotheism : : Moses and the Violent Origins of Religion / / ed. by Gilad Sharvit, Karen S. Feldman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Assmann, Jan,; Bernstein, Richard J.,; Feldman, Karen S.,; Goetschel, Willi,; Hendel, Ronald,; Malabou, Catherine,; Schwab, Gabriele,; Segalovitz, Yael,; Sharvit, Gilad,; Whitebook, Joel,
• TeilnehmendeR: Assmann, Jan.; Bernstein, Richard.; Goetschel, Willi.; Hendel, Ronald.; Malabou, Catherine.; Schwab, Gabriele.; Segalovitz, Yael.; Sharvit, Gilad.; Whitebook, Joel.
• HerausgeberIn: Feldman, Karen S.,; Sharvit, Gilad,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Berkeley Forum in the Humanities
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Over the last few decades, vibrant debates regarding post-secularism have found inspiration and provocation in the works of Sigmund Freud. A new interest in the interconnection of psychoanalysis, religion and political theory has emerged, allowing Freud's illuminating examination of the religio...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. "Why [the Jews] Have Attracted This Undying Hatred"
• 2. Geistigkeit: A Problematic Concept
• 3. Heine and Freud: Deferred Action and the Concept of History
• 4. Freud's Moses: Murder, Exile, and the Question of Belonging
• 5. A Leap of Faith into Moses: Freud's Invitation to Evenly Suspended Attention
• 6. Freud, Sellin, and the Murder of Moses
• 7. Creating the Jews: Mosaic Discourse in Freud and Hosea
• 8. Is Psychic Phylogenesis Only a Phantasy? New Biological Developments in Trauma Inheritance
• Contributors
• Index