{"product_id":"the-enigma-of-the-oceanic-feeling-revisioning-the-psychoanalytic-theory-of-mysticism-0195115082","title":"The Enigma of the Oceanic Feeling: Revisioning the Psychoanalytic Theory of Mysticism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0195115082\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Parsons, William B.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study examines the history of the psychoanalytic theory of mysticism, starting with the seminal correspondence between Freud and Romain Rolland concerning the concept of \"oceanic feeling.\" Providing a corrective to current views which frame psychoanalysis as pathologizing mysticism, Parsons reveals the existence of three models entertained by Freud and Rolland: the classical reductive, ego-adaptive, and transformational (which allows for a transcendent dimension to mysticism). Then, reconstructing Rolland's personal mysticism (the \"oceanic feeling\") through texts and letters unavailable to Freud, Parsons argues that Freud misinterpreted the oceanic feeling. In offering a fresh interpretation of Rolland's mysticism, Parsons constructs a new dialogical approach for psychoanalytic theory of mysticism which integrates culture studies, developmental perspectives, and the deep epistemological and transcendent claims of the mystics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51666950848800,"sku":"NEW0195115082","price":70.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/416rMwF79KL.jpg?v=1778953698","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-enigma-of-the-oceanic-feeling-revisioning-the-psychoanalytic-theory-of-mysticism-0195115082","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}