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

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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 languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)355-359
Number of pages5
JournalPsychoanalytic Psychology
Volume27
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2010

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Clinical Psychology

Keywords

  • Freud
  • God
  • Judaism
  • Moses and monotheism
  • Superego

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