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