Pathologies of Desire and Duty: Freud, Ricoeur, and Castoriadis on Transforming Religious Culture
This article emphasizes an underappreciated aspect of Freud's critique of religion taken up in the writings of Ricoeur and Castoriadis: the degree to which pathologies of desire and duty imbue our relation to shared cultural forms, i.e., narratives, ideals, and values. Both thinkers find in Fre...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2008]
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| In: |
Journal of religion and health
Year: 2008, Volume: 47, Issue: 3, Pages: 398-414 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Castoriadis B Psychoanalysis B Freud B Intransigence B Religion B Ricoeur B Culture |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article emphasizes an underappreciated aspect of Freud's critique of religion taken up in the writings of Ricoeur and Castoriadis: the degree to which pathologies of desire and duty imbue our relation to shared cultural forms, i.e., narratives, ideals, and values. Both thinkers find in Freud's anti-religious polemic a valuable attempt to address the intransigence, fanaticism, and violence that can result from an unreflected affirmation of Tradition. Alongside developing a respect and acceptance of other cultures, they argue for the need to establish a critical relation to sacred'meaning structures, one that mirrors interpretive strategies within the psychoanalytic process. Ricoeur and Castoriadis critique Freud's accentuation of neurosis while extending his thinking into personal-philosophical and social-political contexts. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-008-9180-3 |
