Birth in Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis

Birth in Kabbalah and Psychoanalysis
ISBN-10
3110688026
ISBN-13
9783110688023
Category
Social Science
Pages
262
Language
English
Published
2022-07-04
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Author
Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel

Description

The experience of birth has functioned through the ages as a vital metaphor foundational to all fields of art, philosophy, religion and literature. This book highlights the significance of birth in Jewish culture, as a challenge to existential philosophy and the centrality of death in Western culture. Similarities between Kabbalistic and midrashic perceptions of birth and its current place in cultural and psychoanalytic discourse are discussed.

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