Daniel Merkur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3736489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Daniel Merkur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Daniel |
| FAMILY NAME | Merkur |
| SIGNATURE | MERKUR D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Relating to God
In Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism, Dan Merkur conceptualizes religious discourse within psychoanalysis. He proposes that God be treated as a transferential figure whose analysis leads to a reduction of the parental content that is projected onto God. Merkur notes that religious conversion experiences regularly involve theological intuitions that are either rational or, owing to morbid complications, have underg…
Psychoanalytic approaches to myth
Unconscious Wisdom
"In a detailed engagement with the psychoanalytic theories of dreams, conscience, empathy, and creativity, Dan Merkur argues that the superego is an unconscious reasoning process, dedicated to the representation of the loved object. The superego's access to the repressed and devotion of time to single topics make it both more knowledgeable and more intelligent than the conscious ego."--BOOK JACKET
Powers Which We Do Not Know
Powers Which We Do Not Know
Contrary to nature
The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland. A phenomenological definition of witchcraft may be obtained through recognition of its position within Inuit religion. Like many native North Americans, the Inuit epitomized their religion in the concept of balance. The Polar Inuit understood religi…
Becoming Half Hidden
Eagle, the Hunter's Helper
Souls, Spirits, and Dwellers in Nature
No abstract available
Breath-Soul and Wind Owner
HE PAN-INUIT WORD sila, together with its dialectic variants hila, hla, shla, sla, tla, etc., has an extensive range of meanings: world, the universe; nature, the natural order; common sense, reason; consciousness; the air, the wind(s), the weather; the place or space outside, the open sky. Petersen (1966-67:262) remarks that even though the individual meanings must not be mixed together in daily talk, the concept 'sila' naturally covers them all…
Powers Which We Do Not Know
Breath-Soul and Wind Owner
HE PAN-INUIT WORD sila, together with its dialectic variants hila, hla, shla, sla, tla, etc., has an extensive range of meanings: world, the universe; nature, the natural order; common sense, reason; consciousness; the air, the wind(s), the weather; the place or space outside, the open sky. Petersen (1966-67:262) remarks that even though the individual meanings must not be mixed together in daily talk, the concept 'sila' naturally covers them all…
Breath-Soul and Wind Owner
HE PAN-INUIT WORD sila, together with its dialectic variants hila, hla, shla, sla, tla, etc., has an extensive range of meanings: world, the universe; nature, the natural order; common sense, reason; consciousness; the air, the wind(s), the weather; the place or space outside, the open sky. Petersen (1966-67:262) remarks that even though the individual meanings must not be mixed together in daily talk, the concept 'sila' naturally covers them all…
Souls, Spirits, and Dwellers in Nature
No abstract available
Contrary to nature
The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland. A phenomenological definition of witchcraft may be obtained through recognition of its position within Inuit religion. Like many native North Americans, the Inuit epitomized their religion in the concept of balance. The Polar Inuit understood religi…
Becoming Half Hidden
Eagle, the Hunter's Helper
Powers Which We Do Not Know
Powers Which We Do Not Know
Unconscious Wisdom
"In a detailed engagement with the psychoanalytic theories of dreams, conscience, empathy, and creativity, Dan Merkur argues that the superego is an unconscious reasoning process, dedicated to the representation of the loved object. The superego's access to the repressed and devotion of time to single topics make it both more knowledgeable and more intelligent than the conscious ego."--BOOK JACKET
Psychoanalytic approaches to myth
Relating to God
In Relating to God: Clinical Psychoanalysis, Spirituality, and Theism, Dan Merkur conceptualizes religious discourse within psychoanalysis. He proposes that God be treated as a transferential figure whose analysis leads to a reduction of the parental content that is projected onto God. Merkur notes that religious conversion experiences regularly involve theological intuitions that are either rational or, owing to morbid complications, have underg…
History (6 works) · Indigenous Studies and Ecology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works)