Author | : Ana-Marie Rizzuto |
File Size | : 45,7 Mb |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 28 September 2011 |
ISBN | : 9780226216737 |
Pages | : 257 pages |
Birth of the Living God by Ana-Marie Rizzuto Book PDF Summary
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.