Author : Julia Kristeva
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ISBN 13 : 9786613792129
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis This Incredible Need to Believe by : Julia Kristeva
Download or read book This Incredible Need to Believe written by Julia Kristeva and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Unlike Freud, I do not claim that religion is just an illusion and a source of neurosis. The time has come to recognize, without being afraid of 'frightening' either the faithful or the agnostics, that the history of Christianity prepared the world for humanism.""So writes Julia Kristeva in this provocative work, which skillfully upends our entrenched ideas about religion, belief, and the thought and work of a renowned psychoanalyst and critic. With dialogue and essay, Kristeva analyzes our ""incredible need to believe""& mdash;the inexorable push toward faith that, for Kristeva, lies at the.