Freud Against God

Freud Against God traces the development of Freud's atheism, from his youth through to Moses and Monotheism, published in 1939.Christfried Toegel takes a largely chronological approach, tracing how biographical developments in Freud's life and political events gradually led to his conviction that it is "e;a greater risk if we maintain our present attitude to religion than if we give it up."e; The book considers Freud's life, his writing, and the influence of politics and society. Chapter 1 covers the genesis of Freud's critical attitude towards religion and the influence of Ludwig Borne, Charles Darwin, and John Stuart Mill. Chapter 2 focuses on Freud's critiques of religion in his writing between 1907 and 1939. Chapter 3 describes how Freud dealt with the deaths of his daughter and his grandson, and with cancer and death. Chapter 4 focuses on religion, politics, and society, particularly the role of the Catholic Church in relation to Freud and psychoanalysis.Written by a leading Freud scholar, this book provides a compact overview of Freud's atheism. Freud Against God will be of great interest to academics and scholars of Freud and religion.