Why oedipus and not christ?: A psychoanalytic inquiry into innocence, human sacrifice, and the sacred - Part I: Innocence, spirituality, and human sacrifice

American Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-220

  Grotstein, James S ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD ABUSE; CHRISTIANITY; DEPRESSION; GUILT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MALE; MYTHOLOGY; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0030764071     PISSN: 00029548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024611729991     Document Type: Review

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