Embracing the void : rethinking the origin of the sacred /

A radical reinterpretation of the origin of religion through a psychoanalytic theorization of the unknown. Renowned psychoanalytic philosopher Richard Boothby puts forward a novel theory of religion inspired by Jacques Lacan's theory of das Ding, the disquieting, inaccessible dimension of fello...

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Main Author:	Boothby, Richard, 1954- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, [2023].
Series:	Diaeresis.
Subjects:	Psychoanalysis and religion. Philosophy and religion. Holy, The. Nothing (Philosophy) PHILOSOPHY / Religious. PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Post-Structuralism.