Writing towards Death: William James and Sigmund Freud and Sustaining Objects/Practices
This article addresses how the practice of writing for William James and Sigmund Freud served as a sustaining object/practice and a testament of faith when they faced illness and death. More particularly, their practice of writing reveals not only their attitudes and beliefs about death and life but...
| Published in: | Pastoral psychology |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science Business Media B. V.
[2019]
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Pastoral psychology
Year: 2019, Volume: 68, Issue: 6, Pages: 651-665 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism TJ Modern history TK Recent history VA Philosophy ZD Psychology |
| Further subjects: | B
Transitional objects
B Sigmund Freud B William James B Writing B Death B Faith B Sustaining |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | This article addresses how the practice of writing for William James and Sigmund Freud served as a sustaining object/practice and a testament of faith when they faced illness and death. More particularly, their practice of writing reveals not only their attitudes and beliefs about death and life but also the core ideas in which they put their trust and their fidelity. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-6679 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11089-019-00872-7 |