Moses and Civilization

¸±±êÌâ: The Meaning Behind Freud`s Myth

ISBN: 9780300064285

³ö°æÉç: Yale University Press

³ö°æÄê: 1996-03-27

Ò³Êý: 288

¶¨¼Û: USD 55.00

×°Ö¡: Hardcover

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In this brilliant book, Robert A. Paul argues that Freud`s theory of the origins of civilization is an unwitting analysis of the great mythic narrative that underlies Judeo-Christian thought found principally in the Old Testament`s Five Books of Moses. Synthesizing anthropology, psychoanalysis, and religion, Paul corrects and completes Freud`s theory and presents a valid psychoanalytic account of Western civilization, one that rests on a detailed reading of the biblical text and the legends, folklore, commentaries, and social practices surrounding it.