Constructing an Aesthetic Weltanschauung: Freud, James, and Ricoeur
I will investigate in this paper what kind of Weltanschauung Freud suggests. Although Freud argues in the lecture XXXV, "The Question of a Weltanschauung (1933)," that psychoanalysis is incapable of creating a Weltanschauung of its own, I think that he has a certain Weltanschauung, i.e., t...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2004]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2004, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 273-290 |
Further subjects: | B
Aesthetic
B Paul Ricoeur B Sigmund Freud B Weltanschauung (worldview) B William James |
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Summary: | I will investigate in this paper what kind of Weltanschauung Freud suggests. Although Freud argues in the lecture XXXV, "The Question of a Weltanschauung (1933)," that psychoanalysis is incapable of creating a Weltanschauung of its own, I think that he has a certain Weltanschauung, i.e., the aesthetic worldview, which involves his scientific, psychoanalytic, and artistic principles. Furthermore, I will explicate that Freud's aesthetic worldview is ultimately related to the Weltanschauungen of William James and Paul Ricoeur. I will focus particularly on their terms, "sympathetic" and "poetic," which are the crucial elements that constitute the aesthetic Weltanschauung. Finally, I will briefly present my intention in drawing this aesthetic Weltanschauung. I will conclude that throughout the aesthetic Weltanschauung we may accept that everything is precious, pertinent, and worthy to be viewed as a part and a whole, and as home (Heim). |
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ISSN: | 1573-6571 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10943-004-4297-5 |