1st Edition

Soul on the Couch Spirituality, Religion, and Morality in Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Edited By Charles Spezzano, Gerald J. Gargiulo Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by Routledge

256 Pages
by Routledge

Ever since Freud put religion on the couch in "The Future of an Illusion," there has been an uneasy peace, with occasional skirmishes, between these two great disciplines of subjectivity. As prime meaning givers, God and the unconscious have vied for supremacy in our thinking about ourselves, especially our thinking about our human nature, our moral stature, and our destiny. Freud, in his bold... Read more
Foreword - James W. Jones
Introduction - Gerald J. Gargiulo and Charles Spezzano
Inner Mind/Outer Mind and the Quest for the "I": Spirituality Revisited - Gerald J. Gargiulo
Self-Reparation in Religious Experience and Creativity - Kevin Fauteux
The Patient Who Was Touched By and Knew Nothing About God - Steven H. Knoblauch
Formulation, Psychic Space, and Time: New Dimensions in Psychoanalysis and Jewish Spirituality - Daniel J. Rothenberg
Psychoanalysis Is Self-Centered - Jeffrey B. Rubin
Coming to Life: The Interplay of Psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism - Joseph Bobrow
The Confluence of Psychoanalysis and Religion: A Personal View - Stephen Friedlander
Transcendence and Intersubjectivity: The Patient's Experience of the Analyst's Spirituality - Randall Lehmann Sorenson
On the Horizon of Authenticity: Toward a Moral Account of Psychoanalytic Therapy - Joel Greifinger
Afterword - Charles Spezzano

Biography

Edited by Spezzano, Charles; Gargiulo, Gerald J.