Maimonides' Cure of Souls
Medieval Precursor of Psychoanalysis
Explores the unacknowledged psychological element in Maimonides' work, one which prefigures the latter insights of Freud.Is Moses Maimonides an unacknowledged ancestor of the psychoanalytic movement? In this book, David Bakan, Dan Merkur, and David S. Weiss look at the great medieval Jewish philosopher's prescription for the cure of souls and its psychological significance. In the Guide of the Perplexed, Maimonides, who was also a physician, describes the soul's illness: when sinners rationalize evil as good, they limit their capacities to reason, imagine, and behave well, which also produces physical symptoms. The cure depends on repentance…
Mehr
CHF 40.60
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
Versandkostenfrei
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Merkur, Dan / Weiss, David S.
- ISBN: 978-1-4384-2744-7
- EAN: 9781438427447
- Produktnummer: 35072768
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 201 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 824 KB
5 weitere Werke von David Bakan:
Bewertungen
Anmelden