The Hidden Freud: His Hassidic Roots

by Joseph H. Berke

Overview

This book explores Sigmund Freud and his Jewish roots and demonstrates the input of the Jewish mystical tradition into Western culture via psychoanalysis. It shows how Freud utilized the Jewish mystical tradition to develop a science of subjectivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429920998
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/17/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

H. Berke, Joseph

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Sigmund Freud and the Rebbe Rashab -- A tale of two orphans -- The Jewish mystical traditions -- Bion and Kabbalah -- On the nature of the self: and its relationship with the soul -- On the nature of the soul: and its relationship with the self -- The replacement child -- Sigmund Freud and Rabbi Safran -- On opposites -- Lowness of spirit -- Reparation -- Atonement -- Epilogue