Bibliograph

Psychoanalysis and the challenge of Islam, Fethi Benslama ; translated by Robert Bononno

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Psychoanalysis and the challenge of Islam, Fethi Benslama ; translated by Robert Bononno

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index.Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Psychoanalysis and the challenge of Islam

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

277201041

Responsibility statement

Fethi Benslama ; translated by Robert Bononno

Review

"Fethi Benslama is a psychoanalyst who, although a secular thinker, identifies himself as a person of Muslim culture who rejects ready-made explanations for Islamic fundamentalism. In that spirit, Benslama demythifies both Islam and Western ideas of the religion by addressing the psychoanalytic root causes of the Muslim world's clash with modernity and subsequent turn to fundamentalism." "Tracing this ideological strain to its origins, Benslama shows that contemporary Islam consists of a fairly recent hybridization of Arab nationalism, theocracy, and an attempt (both naive and deadly) to ground science in faith. Combining textual analysis and Lacanian and Freudian psychoanalysis, he examines Islam's foundation, providing fresh readings of the book of Genesis, the Koran, The Arabian Nights, and the work of medieval Islamic philosophers."--BOOK JACKET

Table Of Contents

The torment of origin -- The repudiation of origin -- Destinies of the other woman -- Within himself -- Epilogue

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