Description
Book SynopsisFreud’s relationship with his Judaism – his by virtue of his self- description as a 'fanatical Jew' – was framed by two of his convictions. He was centered both by his passionate cultural affiliation and by his atheism. Within these internal guideposts lay a Jewish life layered by tensions, pleasures, and identifications. His creation – psychoanalysis – has labored to honor its Jewish influences. Recent studies of these insights have contributed to the current interest in listening more carefully to the individual meanings of analysands’ religious life.
This lecture series was designed to introduce to the public both the similarities and the differences between the psychoanalytic and the Jewish world views. The contributors are among the thought leaders of our generation who work at the interface of the intrapsychic and religious states of mind. We learn how each has influenced the other and perhaps how each has been enriched by the other.
A tour de force delving into the influence of Freud's Jewish roots on the development of psychoanalysis.
Trade Reviewfascinating in pointing out the history of psychoanalysis, its trajectory and its strong links to Freud’s Jewish identity and Jewish thought. Many of these concepts continue to influence therapeutic practice today.
-- Val Simanowitz, counsellor and supervisory – Therapy Today Sept 2020
‘timely and pertinent […] The dialogue between the two protagonists — one, a female talmudic scholar, the other a clinically practicing psychoanalyst — is fascinating. This final discussion also serves to complete the circle of looking at the ways in which Jewish thought and psychoanalysis have influenced and fertilized one another, and how some aspects of this union are viewed through the lens of current social issues.’
-- Shmuel Erlich, The Hebrew University, 'Becoming Post-Communist: Jews and the New Political Cultures of Russia and Eastern Europe'
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
About the editor and contributors
Preface
CHAPTER ONE
Insight and tradition: The Enlightenment, psychoanalysis, and the Jews
Eli Zaretsky
CHAPTER TWO
Forgiveness in Judaism and psychoanalysis
Stephen Frosh
CHAPTER THREE
Sigmund Freud, the Jewish body, and hysteria
Sander L. Gilman
CHAPTER FOUR
Unconscious communication, psychoanalysis, and religious experience
Marsha Aileen Hewitt
CHAPTER FIVE
Psychoanalysis in Israel: Trauma, anti-Semitism, and victimization
Eran Rolnik
CHAPTER SIX
A Talmudist and a psychoanalyst encounter a Talmud tale
Ruth Calderon and Harvey Schwartz
References
Index
