RT Book
T1 Freud and the legacy of Moses
T2 Cambridge studies in religion and critical thought
A1 Bernstein, Richard J. 1932-2022
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 1998
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883339358
AB Freud's last book, Moses and Monotheism, was published in 1939 during one of the darkest periods in Jewish history. This difficult book has frequently been vilified and dismissed because Freud claims that Moses was not a Hebrew but an Egyptian, and that the Jews murdered Moses in the wilderness. Richard Bernstein argues that a close reading of Moses and Monotheism reveals an underlying powerful coherence in which Freud seeks to specify the distinctive character and contribution of the Jewish people. It is this character that has enabled the Jewish people to survive despite persecution and virulent anti-Semitism, and Freud proudly identifies himself with it. In his analysis of Freud's often misunderstood last work, Bernstein goes on to shows how Freud expands and deepens our understanding of a religious tradition by revealing its unconscious dynamics.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BF175.4.R44
SN 9780511613272
K1 Freud, Sigmund : 1856-1939 : Religion
K1 Freud, Sigmund
K1 Psychoanalysis and religion
K1 Freud, Sigmund ; 1856-1939 ; Religion
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511613272