Yerushalmi, YF
Freud's Moses : Judaism Terminable and Interminable
- ISBN 13:
- 9780300057560
- author:
- Yerushalmi, YF
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Yale University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1993
- Pages:
- 192
- Genre:
- Jewish studies
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Yosef Hayim Yerushalmi's Freud's Moses Judaism Terminable and Interminable offers a fresh perspective on Sigmund Freud's most controversial work. This psychoanalytic history of the Jews, Judaism, and the Jewish psyche is presented as Freud's attempt to understand what has made the Jews who they are. Yerushalmi argues that while attempts to psychoanalyze Freud's text may be potentially fruitful, they must be preceded by a genuine effort to understand what Freud consciously wanted to convey to his readers. Using historical and philological analysis, Yerushalmi provides new insights into Freud's intentions in writing Moses and Monotheism. This book is a sensitive exploration of Freud's feelings toward anti-Semitism, the gentile world, and his ambivalence about psychoanalysis as a "Jewish" science, as well as a reappraisal of his complex identity as a "godless Jew".
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