Assoun, Paul-Laurent

The Unconscious One: Monotheism and Psychoanalysis - 2006.


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While at first the belief in one God seems to be the simplest idea, this simplification and the reduction it presupposes is based on a complex historical and psychological background. This article attempts to gain an understanding of its unconscious motive, starting from Freud’s position in relation to the monotheistic enigma.