HUMA 1860 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ludwig Feuerbach, Sigmund Freud, Immanence
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Academic versus theological approaches to the study of religion. Transcendent versus immanent conceptions of ultimate reality. Ludwig feuerbach (1804-1872: the essence of christianity (1841, proposes the idea that god is a projection of humankind. Marx and freud follow feuerbach up to a point and propose alternative theories of projection. Religious suffering is at the same time an expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the sentiment of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is required for their real happiness . Friedrich nietzsche (1844-1900: quote: god is dead. Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it? . Carl jung (1875-1961: former collaborator with freud, formulated the idea of a collective unconscious, archetypes or primordial images, emphasized the role of symbols in religion and in psychoanalysis.
