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BL
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959221
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b713591
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Parsons, William Barclay,1955-
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| Title & Author
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The enigma of the oceanic feeling : : revisioning the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism /\ William B. Parsons.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1999.
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1 online resource (ix, 252 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195354087
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: 9780195354089
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0195115082
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9780195115086
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Across all boundaries : the atheistic Jew and the apostle of love -- 2. The enigma of the oceanic feeling -- 3. Rolland and the emerging psychology and religion movement -- 4. The debate continued -- 5. A congregation of one -- 6. Mysticism east and west -- 7. The oceanic feeling interpreted -- Appendix : the letters of Sigmund Freud and Romain Rolland.
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| Abstract
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This study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the seminal correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of "oceanic feeling." Providing a corrective to current views which frame psychoanalysis as pathologizing mysticism, Parsons reveals the existence of three models entertained by Freud and Rolland: the classical reductive, ego-adaptive, and transformational (which allows for a transcendent dimension to mysticism). Then, reconstructing Rolland's personal mysticism (the "oceanic feeling") through texts and leaf.
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Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939.
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Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939.
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Freud, Sigmund,1856-1939
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Psychoanalysis and religion.
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Freudian Theory.
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Mysticism.
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Psychanalyse-- Aspect religieux.
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Psychoanalysis and religion.
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RELIGION-- Mysticism.
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Godsdienst.
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Mystiek.
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Psychoanalyse.
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| Dewey Classification
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291.4/22/019
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| LC Classification
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BF175.4.R44P37 1999eb
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2000 C-095
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WM 460P272e 1999
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