Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Augustine's Confessiones
On the Uses and Limits of Psychobiography
The author examines the Confessiones in light of psychohistory, the use of which as a hermeneutic tool for understanding historical works and figures has been advocated in some quarters for half a century. S. Freud and R. West, on the one hand, and J. O'Donnell on the other are the chief antagonists...
| Author: | Paul J. Archambault |
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| Pages: | 83-99 |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Essay |
| Topic: | -
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Rhetoric. Dialectic
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Psycho-biography
- Works > Confessiones - Doctrine > Man > [L'âme (origine ; nature ; propriétés ; facultés ; spiritus)] > [Psychologie] > [Psychoanalyse] |
| Parent Work: | Augustine: 'Second Founder of the Faith' |
| Status: | Active |
| Summary: | The author examines the Confessiones in light of psychohistory, the use of which as a hermeneutic tool for understanding historical works and figures has been advocated in some quarters for half a century. S. Freud and R. West, on the one hand, and J. O'Donnell on the other are the chief antagonists of this piece. The author concludes that some experiences or events are open to psychoanalysis while others, especially those which formally happen under the extraordinary influence of the grace of God, are not. |
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