Sex and Religion

Two Texts of Early Feminist Psychoanalysis

Lou Andreas-Salome (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

118 Seiten

2015
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4128-5696-6 (ISBN)

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As a psychoanalyst and author, Lou Andreas-Salome traverses the mystery of sexuality in much of her work. This book, comprised of two texts originally written for adolescents, uniquely explores sexual education and the collision of sexuality and religion across the lifespan.

The first piece, "Three Letters to a Young Boy" (1917), is a psychoanalytic fairy tale. The letters offer an interesting version of the evolution of sexual knowledge from childhood through adolescence. The second piece, "The Devil & His Grandmother" (1922), merges sexuality with religion, encapsulating three ages of woman—child, to a lost soul and the Devil's bride, to the Devil's Grandmother. Written in charmingly convoluted dialogue, this work has a cinematic, fanciful feel. Both pieces dispense with academic formality and point to a relaxed new phase in Salome's writing life. Interestingly, this tone can also be detected in her blossoming correspondence with Sigmund Freud, which contrasts starkly with her sombre letters to Rainer Maria Rilke.

It is with the spirit of free thinking demonstrated in these two selections, perhaps informed by Salome's experimentation with free association, that the reader is transported to a new theatre of Salome's imagination.

Lou Andreas-Salome (1861-1937) was a Russian-born writer and psychoanalyst. Her numerous works include Friedrich Nietzsche in His Work and My Thanks to Freud. Matthew Del Nevo is associate professor of philosophy at the Catholic Institute of Sydney, Austrailia, and associate of the Center for Critical Research on Religion. Gary Winship is associate professor in the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK, and senior fellow at the Institute of Mental Health.

Introduction
Matthew Del Nevo and Gary Winship

Lou Andreas-Salome: Three Letters to a Young Boy
Translated by Maike Oergel

1 Weihnachtsmarchen: Christmas Fairy Tale
2 Answer to a Question
3 Geleitwort: A Few Words to Send You on Your Journey

The Devil and His Grandmother
Translated by Kristine Jennings

Act One: The Devil and the Poor Little Soul
Act Two: The Devil with the Child
Act Three: The Devil and His Accomplices
Act Four: The Scream
Act Five: The Devil's Visit with His Grandmother
Act Six: Devil's Death
Epilogue

Note on the Translation

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	226 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Germanistik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-4128-5696-5 / 1412856965
ISBN-13	978-1-4128-5696-6 / 9781412856966
Zustand	Neuware