ABSTRACT

Psychoanalysis, with Freud as its founder, has vehemently denied the value of religious belief. In this radical book, re-issued with a new preface by the author and a foreword by Jon Stokes, Neville Symington makes the case that both traditional religion and psychoanalysis are failing because they exist apart and do not incorporate each other's values. The controversial conclusion of this fascinating study is that psychoanalysis is a spirituality-in-the-world, or a mature religion, and inseparable from acts of virtue.

chapter 1|3 pages

Introduction

part |49 pages

Part One

chapter 1|7 pages

The Nature of Primitive Religion

chapter 2|8 pages

Mature Religion

chapter 3|6 pages

The Judaeo-Christian Tradition

chapter 4|9 pages

Religious Wisdom From the East

chapter 7|5 pages

Towards a Definition of Religion

part |48 pages

Part Two

chapter 8|10 pages

Freud’s Diagnosis of Religion

chapter 9|10 pages

Meissner’s Critique of Freud

chapter 10|7 pages

The Challenge of Jung

chapter 11|5 pages

From Causal to Moral in Psychoanalysis

chapter 13|6 pages

Erich Fromm’s Assessment of Religion

part |35 pages

Part Three

chapter 14|10 pages

The Human Condition

chapter 15|13 pages

Narcissism and the Human Condition

part |54 pages

Part Four

chapter 17|13 pages

The Domain of Psychoanalysis

chapter 18|10 pages

Conscience and the Super-Ego

chapter 19|7 pages

Self-Knowledge, virtue and mental health

chapter 20|8 pages

Psychoanalysis – A Spirituality

chapter 22|6 pages

Science and Religion

chapter |1 pages

Conclusion