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Tragedy and Hope: Psychoanalytic Religious Perspectives

  • An analysis of the tragic dimension of life, such as Freud's, is a precondition of any religious message of hope. In his view, human life is characterized by the dualism of the life instinct (Eros) versus the death instinct, repression, and discontent. Interpreters (FROMM, Marcuse, Brown) try to find a >way out< of Freudian pessimism to offer man hope. Christianity, however, does not fundamentally reuse his theory. Rather it appeals to a transcendent source of hope which is realized historically, paradoxically, and redemptively – a process consistent with Freudian theory. Death is a precondition of life, as tragedy is of hope. Part of a symposium on God and the self.

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Author:J. Forsyth
Parent Title (English):Dialog, Minneapolis, Vol. 16 (No. 3, 1977), pp. 191-197.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:1977
Release Date:2012/12/13
Format:PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage
IdNo:Forsyth_J_1977
Writings about Erich Fromm (Secondary Literature):Articles / Artikel
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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