Freud's India

Sigmund Freud and India's First Psychoanalyst Girindrasekhar Bose

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Psychology of Religion, Eastern Religions, Hinduism, Philosophy
Cover of the book Freud's India by Alf Hiltebeitel, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alf Hiltebeitel ISBN: 9780190878399
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: August 7, 2018
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Alf Hiltebeitel
ISBN: 9780190878399
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: August 7, 2018
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly diverse set of facts and their meanings. In Freud's India, the companion volume to Freud's Mahs-- Sigmund Freud and Girindrasekhar Bose. Hiltebeitel examines the attempts of these two men to communicate with and understand each other and these issues in the heated context of emotionally divisive allegiances. The book is elegant in its nuanced attention to these two thinkers and its tightly controlled exploration of what their interactions reveal about their contributions and limitations as representatives of the psychology and religion of their respective cultures. Anxieties about mothers, says Hiltebeitel, separate Eastern from Western imaginations. They separate Freud from Bose, and they separate Hindu foundational texts from the foundational texts of Judaism.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

The sharp contrast between cultures with a monotheistic paternal deity and those with pluralistic maternal deities is a theme of abiding interest in religious studies. Attempts to understand the implications of these two vast organizing principles for religious life lead to an overwhelmingly diverse set of facts and their meanings. In Freud's India, the companion volume to Freud's Mahs-- Sigmund Freud and Girindrasekhar Bose. Hiltebeitel examines the attempts of these two men to communicate with and understand each other and these issues in the heated context of emotionally divisive allegiances. The book is elegant in its nuanced attention to these two thinkers and its tightly controlled exploration of what their interactions reveal about their contributions and limitations as representatives of the psychology and religion of their respective cultures. Anxieties about mothers, says Hiltebeitel, separate Eastern from Western imaginations. They separate Freud from Bose, and they separate Hindu foundational texts from the foundational texts of Judaism.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Linguistic Rivalries by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Policing Public Opinion in the French Revolution by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Florence: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book The Memoir of Toussaint Louverture by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book The Devil We Knew by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book The Music Instinct:How Music Works and Why We Can't Do Without It by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Action Meets Word by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Oracles of Science by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book The Company They Keep by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Sustaining the Nation by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book From Jim Crow to Civil Rights by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Rights Angles by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Broken Landscape : Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book The Global Gag Rule and Women's Reproductive Health by Alf Hiltebeitel
Cover of the book Exodus by Alf Hiltebeitel
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy