Freud Against God

The Development of Sigmund Freud's Atheism
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-14355-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 98 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: The History of Psychoanalysis Series

Freud Against God traces the development of Freud's atheism, from his youth through to The Man Moses and the Monotheistic Religion, published in 1939.

Christfried Toegel takes a largely chronological approach, tracing how biographical developments in Freud's life and political events gradually led to his conviction that it is “a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up.” The book considers Freud’s life, his writing and the influence of politics and society. Chapter 1 covers the genesis of Freud's critical attitude towards religion and the influence of Ludwig Börne, Charles Darwin and John Stuart Mill. Chapter 2 focuses on Freud’s critiques of religion in his writing between 1907 and 1939. Chapter 3 describes how Freud dealt with the deaths of his daughter and his grandson, and with cancer and death. Chapter 4 focuses on religion, politics and society, particularly the role of the Catholic church in relation to Freud and psychoanalysis.

Written by a leading Freud scholar, this book provides a compact overview of Freud’s atheism. Freud Against God will be of great interest to academics and scholars of Freud and religion.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Toegel, Christfried

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: ".exclude all believers.from attending university"  1. The Genesis of Freud's Critical Attitude Toward Religion  2. Critique of Religion in Freud’s Writings  3. The Death of Daughter and Grandson, Cancer and the End  4. Religion, Politics and Society  Epilogue: Sigmund Freud and Charlie Hebdo  Chronology of Freud's Interest in Religion

Über Autor(innen)

Christfried Toegel is one of the leading Freud biographers of our time. He is the editor of the 23-volume Sigmund Freud Complete Edition, the first complete edition of Freud's writings. Among Toegel's more than 150 publications on the history of psychoanalysis and Freud biographies are 10 books that have been translated into eight languages.