Freuds Moses and Fromms Freud: a case study in Psychoanalysis and Judaism - Einzelansicht

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In 1939, Sigmund Freud published Moses and Monotheism, in which he applied a psychoanalytic interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, a description of the Oedipal relationship between Moses and the Israelites, and also his explanation of anti-Semitism. The book provoked scandal and negative reactions (Buber, Leo Strauss) that have continued to this day, but also great interest (Yerushalmi, Derrida, Santner). The neo-Freudian Erich Fromm, despite his reference to Moses in his social psychoanalysis and critique of religions and cultures, hides his opinion of Freud's findings. This seminar deals with Moses in modern Jewish thought and psychoanalytic theoretical views of religion.

The Seminar will be conducted in English.

Reading materials are available in Moodle.

https://moodle2.uni-potsdam.de/course/view.php?id=25264

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Ephraim Meir, ”Sigmund Freud's Moses and His Reappearance: The Forgotten and the Unforgettable”, Daat: A Journal of Jewish Philosophy & Kabbalah, Vol. 73 (2012), V-XXVIII.

Ernst Simon, ”Sigmund Freud, the Jew”, The Leo Baeck Institute Year Book, Vol. 2, Issue 1, (1957), 270–305

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