The Moses

In this essay, the author engages the Moses, a sculpture by Michelangelo, as a transformational object. He does so in light of psychoanalytic interpretations of the statue, including Sigmund Freud's (who referred to his essay on the Moses as "a joke"), as well as three psychoanalytic...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:  
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Pastoral psychology
1. VerfasserIn: Carlin, Nathan 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Lade...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Veröffentlicht: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2019]
In: Pastoral psychology
RelBib Classification:CE Christliche Kunst
HB Altes Testament
KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance
KDB Katholische Kirche
ZD Psychologie
weitere Schlagwörter:B Christopher Bollas
B Sigmund Freud
B Michelangelo
B Transformational object
B Humor
Online Zugang: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:In this essay, the author engages the Moses, a sculpture by Michelangelo, as a transformational object. He does so in light of psychoanalytic interpretations of the statue, including Sigmund Freud's (who referred to his essay on the Moses as "a joke"), as well as three psychoanalytic interpretations after Freud. While drawing on and combining features of all of these psychoanalytic interpretations, the author makes particular use of Moshe Halevi Spero's interpretation to affirm a reading of the Moses as representing a paternal figure who not only gives up his anger (and power to castrate) but also actively nourishes his children like a nursing mother. The author also understands Freud's essay on the Moses to be a form of teasing, which, in part, is why it has been a transformational object for him.
ISSN:1573-6679
Enthält:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-019-00868-3