Embracing the Void: Rethinking the Origin of the Sacred

ISBN-13: 9780810145382 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 256 str.

Richard Boothby

Spis treści

• Preface: Is Nothing Sacred?
• Introduction: Reposing Freud’s Final Question
• PART ONE: REREADING LACAN (or, WHAT IS THE OTHER?)
• Chapter 1   Religion from Freud to Lacan
• Chapter 2   The Abyss of The Other
• Chapter 3   The Ex Nihilo of the Signifier
• PART TWO: REREADING RELIGION (or, WHAT IS THE SACRED?)
• Chapter 4   Greek Polytheism: The Worship of Force
• Chapter 5   Judaism: The Worship of Law
• Chapter 6   Christianity: The Worship of Love
• Chapter 7   Other Gods
• Chapter 8   Conclusions