Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, declared that religion is a universal obsessional neurosis in his famous work of 1927, The Future of an Illusion. This work provoked immediate controversy and has continued to be an important reference for anyone interested in the intersection of philosophy, psychology, religion, and culture.
Included in this volume is Oskar Pfister's critical engagement with Freud's views on religion. Pfister, a Swiss pastor and lay analyst, defends mature religion from Freud's "scientism." Freud's and Pfister's texts have been updated in Gregory C. Richter's translations from the original German.
| ISBN: | 9781554810659 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2012 |
| Author: | Sigmund Freud, Todd Dufresne, Gregory C Richter |
| Publisher: | Broadview Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 213 pages |
| Series: | Broadview Editions |
| Genres: |
Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology Western philosophy from c 1800 Philosophy of religion |