Name: The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis By Suzanne R. Kirschner (Harvard University, Massachusetts)
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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis: Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory by Suzanne R. Kirschner (Harvard University, Massachusetts)

In this book, Suzanne Kirschner traces the origins of contemporary psychoanalysis back to the foundations of Judaeo-Christian culture, and challenges the prevailing view that modern theories of the self mark a radical break with religious and cultural tradition. Instead, she argues, they offer an account of human development which has its beginnings in biblical theology and neoplatonic mysticism. Drawing on a wide range of religious, literary, philosophical and anthropological sources, Dr Kirschner demonstrates that current Anglo-American psychoanalytic theories are but the latest version of a narrative that has been progressively secularized over the course of nearly two millennia. She displays a deep understanding of psychoanalytic theories, while at the same time raising provocative questions about their status as knowledge and as science.

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...Kirschner makes an important and original contribution to the literature on religion, modernity, and contemporary psychoanalysis. Religious Studies Review
A truly illuminating work. Through careful and sophisticated historical analysis, Kirschner entirely recasts our understanding of contemporary developmental theory, revealing the suppressed and very significant subtext. Kenneth J. Gergen, Swarthmore College
A fascinating and ground-breaking book. Kirschner makes clear how the developmental narrative of psychoanalysis owes as much to our biblical and Romantic traditions as to observations from consulting room and nursery. She also makes us wonder about the stand alone truth of these observations and the extent to which they have been unwittingly infiltrated by Western cultural values. Could it be that its many links to the Zeitgeist help to explain the enduring popularity of psychoanalysis? Donald P. Spence, Professor of Psychiatry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
In the tradition of Philip Rieff's Triumph of the Therapeutic, Kirschner shows how current trends in psychoanalysis are rooted in the wider cultural context. But where Rieff emphasized the discontinuities between traditional and modern views of the therapeutic, Kirschner brings to light the deep continuities in our interpretation of life's aims. This remarkable book will be of value not just to professionals in the field, but to anyone who cares about the quest for the good life in our world. Charles Guignon, Professor of Philosophy, University of Vermont
Kirschner brilliantly traces the origins of the psychoanalytic story of development to its Biblical origins. R. Shilkret, Choice
Kirschner's presentation reflects broad scholarship in history, literature, psychology and religion....Kirschner makes contemporary psychoanalytic theory accessible in a new and powerful way--for its practitioners, as well as for those who stand outside the discipline. E. James Lieberman, Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Introduction; 1. Toward a cultural genealogy of psychoanalytic developmental psychology; 2. The assenting ego: Anglo-American values in contemporary psychoanalytic developmental psychology; 3. The developmental narrative: the design of psychological history; 4. Theological sources of the idea of development; 5. The Christian mystical narrative: Neoplatonism and Christian mysticism; 6. Jacob Boehme: towards worldly mysticism; 7. Romantic thought: from worldly mysticism to natural supernaturalism; 8. Personal supernaturalism: the cultural genealogy of the psychoanalytic developmental narrative; Conclusion.

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The Religious and Romantic Origins of Psychoanalysis: Individuation and Integration in Post-Freudian Theory by Suzanne R. Kirschner (Harvard University, Massachusetts)

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Suzanne R. Kirschner (Harvard University, Massachusetts)

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Cambridge Cultural Social Studies

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Cambridge University Press

Year published

1996-02-23

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254

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