The Future of an Illusion

Broadview Press (1927)
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Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, declared that religion is a universal obsessional neurosis in his famous work of 1927, The Future of an Illusion. This work provoked immediate controversy and has continued to be an important reference for anyone interested in the intersection of philosophy, psychology, religion, and culture. Included in this volume is Oskar Pfister's critical engagement with Freud's views on religion. Pfister, a Swiss pastor and lay analyst, defends mature religion from Freud's "scientism." Freud's and Pfister's texts have been updated in Gregory C. Richter's translations from the original German

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9781554810659   1554810655   6051911413   0393008312   9780141036762   0141036761   1684117089   1891396382   1614270864   145153714X   1453891978   1578988918   0486851079   2385086212   935499542X
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