Moses and Civilization: The Meaning Behind Freud`s Myth

Type

Book

Authors

Paul, Robert A.

ISBN 13

9780300064285

Tags

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939--Religion, Moses (Biblical leader), Bible. Pentateuch.--Criticism, interpretation, etc, Psychoanalysis and religion

Description

Presenting a reinterpretation of Freud's major cultural works, Totem and Taboo and Moses and Monotheism, this text illustrates the parallels between Freud's myth of the primal horde and the Torah text. The book gives a psychoanalytic account of Western civilization.

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