A Psychoanalytic Response to Hood

As a complement to Hood's argument, it is emphasized that a Freudian critique of religion can be offered only within an experience of delusion because illusion is identified from reality, within faith. Hood's article offers a pertinent commentary on the issues that Freud addressed in apply...

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Publié dans:The international journal for the psychology of religion
Auteur principal: Shafranske, Edward P. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1992]
Dans: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Année: 1992, Volume: 2, Numéro: 3, Pages: 161-164
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:As a complement to Hood's argument, it is emphasized that a Freudian critique of religion can be offered only within an experience of delusion because illusion is identified from reality, within faith. Hood's article offers a pertinent commentary on the issues that Freud addressed in applying psychoanalysis to the study of religion. In his discussion of the distinction between illusion and delusion, Hood draws attention to the essence of Freud's critique of religion. Freud's aim, one gleans throughout Hood's article, was less an attempt to illustrate the role of projection in the religious experience of individuals than it was an emboldened assay at the religious underpinnings of civilization. We may recall that, for Freud (1933/1964), religion alone was to be taken seriously as the enemy (p. 160). As such, Hood locates Freud's Contributions primarily within the context of an applied social psychology or socioanalysis. This placement distinguishes Freud from contemporary psychologists of religion, whose inquiries tend to fixate on the more limited analyses of individual religiosity.
ISSN:1532-7582
Référence:Kritik von "Mysticism, Reality, Illusion, and the Freudian Critique of Religion (1992)"
Contient:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0203_2