This incredible need to believe
"Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism."So writes Julia...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
New York
Columbia University Press
[2009]
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Series/Journal: | European perspectives
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Truth
/ Faith
B Christianity |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Christianity - Psychology |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism."So writes Julia Kristeva in this provocative work, which skillfully upends our entrenched ideas about religion, belief, and the thought and work of a renowned psychoanalyst and critic. With dialogue and essay, Kristeva analyzes our "incredible need to believe"& mdash;the inexorable push toward faith that, for Kristeva, lies at the hea |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (136 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-51995-3 |
