The Roots of Jewish Consciousness, Volume Two: Hasidism

ISBN-13: 9781138556225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 334 str.

Erich Neumann; Ann Conrad Lammers

Opis

This is the second volume, fully annotated, of a major, previously unpublished, two-part work by Erich Neumann (1905-1960), written between 1940 and 1945, after Neumann, then a young philosopher and physician and freshly trained as a disciple of Jung, fled Berlin to settle in Tel Aviv. He finished this work at the end of World War Two.

Recenzje

"Erich Neumann is cited more than any single psychoanalytic writer in the ever-growing exploration of Kabbalah and psychology. So it is gratifying that his work on Kabbalah and Hasidism can now enrich this vibrant discussion. Neumann’s especial contribution is the development of the theme of dual transformation, of the world and of the soul, for Jewish mystical psychology, and highlighting the Hasidic move away from moralism towards radical embracing of the full range of psychic manifestation. This exquisitely crafted project will be of profound interest to all who are concerned with the religious life as such." - Professor Jonathan Garb, Gershom Scholem Chair in Kabbalah; Chair, Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Spis treści

List of Ilustrations;  Foreword: On Erich Neumann and Hasidism, by Moshe Idel;  Acknowledgments;  Abbreviations;  Introduction to Volume Two, by Ann Conrad Lammers;  Hasidism: Its Psychological Meaning for Judaism;  Chapter 1: The Structure of the World as Inwardness;  Chapter 2: The Transformation of Souls;  Chapter Three: Life in this World;  Chapter Four: The Human Being and the New Image of God;  Chapter Five: Hasidism and the Birth of the Modern Jew;  Appendix A: Passages from the Zohar in English Translation;  Appendix B: The Importance of Consciousness in the Experience of Depth Psychology (Four-lecture series, 1942-43);  Editorial Note;  Bibliography; Index; Scriptural Index.