The enigma of the oceanic feeling revisioning the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism
This study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the seminal correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of "oceanic feeling." Providing a corrective to current views which frame psychoanalysis as pathologizing mysticism, P...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
1999.
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31441683*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Across all boundaries : the atheistic Jew and the apostle of love
- 2. The enigma of the oceanic feeling
- 3. Rolland and the emerging psychology and religion movement
- 4. The debate continued
- 5. A congregation of one
- 6. Mysticism east and west
- 7. The oceanic feeling interpreted
- Appendix : the letters of Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland.
