Beyond illusion: Psychoanalysis and the question of religious truth

International Journal of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 615-634

  Blass, Rachel B ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Freud; Illusion; Monotheism; Moses and monotheism; Religious truth; The future of an illusion; Transitional space; Truth; Winnicott

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CREATIVITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FANTASY; HUMAN; ILLUSION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; RELIGION; THINKING;

EID: 3142772844     PISSN: 00207578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1516/HG2X-2HTJ-ND2C-8UK4     Document Type: Article

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