The Birth of the Living God
Ana-Maria Rizzuto, "The Birth of the Living God"
English | ISBN: 0226721027 | March 15, 1981 | EPUB | 247 pages | 6.35 MB
English | ISBN: 0226721027 | March 15, 1981 | EPUB | 247 pages | 6.35 MB
Utilizing both clinical material based on the life histories of twenty patients and theoretical insights from the works of Freud, Erikson, Fairbairn, and Winnicott, Ana-Maria Rizzuto examines the origin, development, and use of our God images. Whereas Freud postulated that belief in God is based on a child's idea of his father, Rizzuto argues that the God representation draws from a variety of sources and is a major element in the fabric of one's view of self, others, and the world.