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Clack, Brian R.

Love, drugs, art, religion : the pains and consolations of existence / Brian R. Clack. - 1 online resource (206 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 'Life, as we find it, is too hard for us ...'; 2 The First Palliative: Intoxicants; 3 The Second Palliative: Religion; 4 The Third Palliative: Art; 5 The Fourth Palliative: Love; 6 Religion beyond Illusion; Bibliography; Index

In this genuinely interdisciplinary work, Clack breaks new ground by using detailed explorations of the phenomena of drug-use, romantic love and the enjoyment of art in order to throw light on the meaning and nature of religion. This book will be vital reading for anyone concerned with the fundamental questions of religious belief, the psychoanalytic approach to culture, or simply the unavoidable existential problems lying at the very heart of human life.


English.

ISBN: 9781409406778 1409406776 1317103173 9781317103172

Subjects--Personal Names:
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Religion--Philosophy.
Religion--Philosophie.
RELIGION--Philosophy.
Religion--Philosophy

LC Class. No.: BF173.F85 / .C533 2014eb

Dewey Class. No.: 210