1st Edition
Love, Drugs, Art, Religion The Pains and Consolations of Existence
By Brian R. Clack
Copyright 2014
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
208 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this original and far-reaching contribution to the philosophy of religion, Brian R. Clack examines the manner in which religious belief emerges from the turbulence and anxiety of human existence. Taking his cue from Freud's suggestion that human life is so hard to bear that it requires nothing short of cultural and psychological palliative care, Clack explores each of the 'palliative measures'... Read more
Chapter 1 ‘Life, as we find it, is too hard for us …’; Chapter 2 The First Palliative: Intoxicants; Chapter 3 The Second Palliative: Religion; Chapter 4 The Third Palliative: Art; Chapter 5 The Fourth Palliative: Love; Chapter 6 Religion beyond Illusion;
Biography
Brian R. Clack is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of San Diego. He is the author of Wittgenstein, Frazer and Religion (Macmillan, 1999), An Introduction to Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Religion (Edinburgh University Press, 1999), and co-author (with Beverley Clack) of The Philosophy of Religion: A Critical Introduction (Second edition, Polity, 2008).
’A sensitive and wide-ranging exploration of the human condition. Clack’s sustained philosophical reflection on human transience is rich in reference and informed by powerful literary and psychoanalytic insights.’ John Cottingham, Heythrop College, University of London, and University of Reading, UK '... it is a fun, informative book that is worth reading for anyone still interested in Freudian psychoanalysis, broadly construed. As a work of exegesis it succeeds magnificently ... Recommended.' CHOICE
