Freud on Interpretation The Ancient Magical Egyptian and Jewish Trad
Freud on InterpretationThe Ancient Magical Egyptian and Jewish Traditions Robert W. Rieber, in collaboration with David Bakan In its early days, some saw psychology as a substitute for religion. Others regarded it as a new religion in its
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Robert W. Rieber
Freud on Interpretation The Ancient Magical Egyptian and Jewish Traditions With Contributions by David Bakan
Robert W. Rieber Graduate School of Social Service Fordham University New York, NY 10023, USA [email protected]
ISSN 1574-048X ISBN 978-1-4614-0636-5 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0637-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0637-2 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011940691 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book constitutes an original analysis of Freud and his method of interpretation. It examines the inner workings of his thought processes and the rich mine of knowledge that led him toward his theories and therapies. In the beliefs of ancient Egypt, with its sexuality and ambiguous deities, and ancient Israel, with its biblical accounts of madness and feigned madness, are found surprising sources of inspiration for core Freudian concepts such as free association, dream interpretation, the psychosexual stages, the libido, and the unconscious. Psychoanalysis is seen in its early growth stages, and nurtured by philosophers, scientists, and fearless mind explorers. Here, Freud is boldly synthesizing loads of knowledge in an age when science and superstition were rarely separate. The book consists of the following major themes: (1) Overviews of the pre-Freudian history of psychology in the writings of Herbart, Morel, and Craft-Ebing; (2) explorations of Freud’s interest in ancient Egyptian creation myths and a Kabbala, and their influences on his work; (3) discussions of the paradoxes inherent in the interpretation of the mind; (4) a unique history of the origins of the Rorschach test; (5) the consideration of the real meaning behind Freud’s self-identification as a determinist; and (6) a list of Freud’s library titles on ancient Egypt. In broad brush strokes, this is the essence of the subject matter of this book. A slow and satisfying insight of this material began to generate in my mind in the 1980s. This version was clearly the outcome of many interests that had to be clarified and connected. It was my friendship and close association with the late David Bakan that led
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