Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic StudyUtilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world. |
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... Freud 13 3. Beyond Freud 41 4. The Representations of Objects and Human Psychic Functionings 54 Part Two 5. Introduction to the Clinical Research 87 6. A God without Whiskers 93 7. A God in the Mirror 109 8. God , the Enigma 130 9. God ...
... Freud 13 3. Beyond Freud 41 4. The Representations of Objects and Human Psychic Functionings 54 Part Two 5. Introduction to the Clinical Research 87 6. A God without Whiskers 93 7. A God in the Mirror 109 8. God , the Enigma 130 9. God ...
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... Freud offered brilliant insights into the role of the parents in the formation of the representation of God . Jung ... Freud's or Jung's ideas , but I found no extensive clinical studies at hand to assist me . There were a few studies in ...
... Freud offered brilliant insights into the role of the parents in the formation of the representation of God . Jung ... Freud's or Jung's ideas , but I found no extensive clinical studies at hand to assist me . There were a few studies in ...
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... Freud was correct , if God is , in fact , an " exaltation " of parental imagos , our ignorance of God's psychic role in an individual's life meant missing an important and relevant piece of information about the patient's developmental ...
... Freud was correct , if God is , in fact , an " exaltation " of parental imagos , our ignorance of God's psychic role in an individual's life meant missing an important and relevant piece of information about the patient's developmental ...
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... we are prepared to renounce a good part of our infantile wishes , we can bear it if a few of our expectations turn out to be illusions . —Freud . The Future of an Illusion 1 Introduction This is not a book on religion .
... we are prepared to renounce a good part of our infantile wishes , we can bear it if a few of our expectations turn out to be illusions . —Freud . The Future of an Illusion 1 Introduction This is not a book on religion .
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... Freud , as we shall see in chapter 2 , left us a rich and complex elaboration of his thinking about the relation between " the father in the flesh " and God . As usual , Freud was not systematic ; he left the task of exploring the wider ...
... Freud , as we shall see in chapter 2 , left us a rich and complex elaboration of his thinking about the relation between " the father in the flesh " and God . As usual , Freud was not systematic ; he left the task of exploring the wider ...
Contents
Freud | 13 |
Beyond Freud | 41 |
The Representations of Objects and Human Psychic Functionings | 54 |
Introduction to the Clinical Research | 87 |
A God without Whiskers | 93 |
A God in the Mirror | 109 |
God the Enigma | 130 |
God My Enemy | 149 |
Conclusions | 177 |
Epilogue | 212 |
Appendix | 213 |
Notes | 221 |
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