The return of the noble repressed: A Freudian Reinterpretation of Freud's Moses Story

Susan Sugarman

doi:10.1037/a0019509

The return of the noble repressed: A Freudian Reinterpretation of Freud's Moses Story

Susan Sugarman

Psychology

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Abstract

Beginning with Freud's observation of the apparent advance in intellectuality embodied by Judaism and then following Freud's writings about the return of the repressed in history, this article extrapolates that the God of monotheism arose as a projection of the superego.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	355-359
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychoanalytic Psychology
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/a0019509
State	Published - Jul 2010

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Clinical Psychology

Keywords

Freud
God
Judaism
Moses and monotheism
Superego

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The return of the noble repressed: A Freudian Reinterpretation of Freud's Moses Story

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