Freud and Jung on religion /

• Main Author: Palmer, Michael, 1945-
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
• Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939 > Religion.; Jung, C. G. > (Carl Gustav), > 1875-1961 > Religion.; Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939; Jung, C. G. > (Carl Gustav), > 1875-1961; Psychoanalysis and religion.; RELIGION > Psychology of Religion.; Religion.; Electronic books.

This volume provides an account of the theories of religion of both Freud and Jung. In the first section, the author analyzes Freud's claim that religion is an obsessional neurosis - a psychological illness fuelled by sexual repression. The second section considers Jung's rejection of Freu...

Table of Contents:

• ""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""Part I SIGMUND FREUD: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND RELIGION""; ""1 INTRODUCTION""; ""2 TOTEM AND TABOO""; ""3 RELIGION AND ILLUSION""; ""4 FORMS OF RELIGIOUS NEUROSIS""; ""5 A CRITICAL APPRAISAL""; ""Part II CARL GUSTAV JUNG: ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND RELIGION""; ""6 INTRODUCTION""; ""7 THE STRUCTURE OF THE PSYCHE""; ""8 GOD AS ARCHETYPE OF THE COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS""; ""9 GOD AND INDIVIDUATION""; ""10 A CRITICAL APPRAISAL""; ""NOTES""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX OF NAMES""; ""INDEX OF SUBJECTS: FREUD""; ""INDEX OF SUBJECTS: JUNG""