| The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis: Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory Contributor(s): Kirschner, Suzanne R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521555604 ISBN-13: 9780521555609 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $40.84 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: This book considers the cultural and religious sources of contemporary psychoanalytic theories of the development of the self, and demonstrates that they are distinctively Western cultural constructions that tell a story in terms of a narrative pattern derived from biblical and Neoplatonic sources. Thus, religious themes and values still influence how modern psychologists make sense of the human condition, and Dr. Kirschner raises provocative questions about the status of psychoanalytic theories as knowledge and as science. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 150.195 |
| LCCN: 95016490 |
| Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.11" W x 8.98" (0.87 lbs) 254 pages |