Religion as Projection
A Re-appraisal of Freud's Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8077058 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Banks (0000-0001-7303-033X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 401-426 |
| Publication date | 1973-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religious Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-4125 • E-ISSN: 1469-901X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034412500007071 |
| OpenAlex | W2167292810 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
To mount a critique of Freud's views on any polemical issue is almost always a risky business. This is partly because one remembers the fate of so many of his earlier critics. As Phillip Rieff so delightfully puts it, ‘much of Freud's polemical writing is so superior to that of his opponents, that it takes on the character of a totem feast in which the most powerful sons are carved up with swift clean strokes, the father, meanwhile, justifying his action at every stroke’. There is also the possibility that exposure to psychoanalytic theory of one's own presuppositions and views will result in their being transformed into something quite different or to their being quite psychoanalysed away. Nevertheless the task must be undertaken. Freud's approach to religion has had too pervasive an influence upon modern thought to be ignored. Also, its complexity and potential have not always been sufficiently discerned by those who, especially from a Christian point of view, have sought to grapple with it
Action (physics · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Mount · Physics · Presupposition · Projection (relational algebra · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Totem · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Psychology · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2022 (48) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |