God is Unconscious. Of an Other Enjoyment. Psychoanalytical Attempt at an Atheistic Mysticism
Georg Gröller
Interdisciplinary Journal for Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society July 7, 2022 DOI: 10.30965/23642807-bja10036 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mysticism |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that mysticism and psychoanalysis share structural epistemological and ethical equivalences, which makes mysticism's central concerns accessible to contemporary secular thought. The author contends that mysticism should not be misunderstood as a moral enterprise of self-perfection, and proposes opposing the contemporary "guiding culture" of enjoyment with an ethics of desire. |
Abstract
Abstract The aim of this essay is to elaborate structural epistemological and ethical equivalences between mysticism and psychoanalysis. This allows us to make the central concerns of mysticism accessible to contemporary secular thought. The article is driven by two intentions: on the one hand, not to misunderstand mysticism as a moral enterprise of self-perfection, and on the other hand, to oppose the contemporary “guiding culture” of enjoyment with an ethics of desire.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mysticism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The mystical mind: probing the biology of religious experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy | 1993 | Edited collection of essays | |
| Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mysticism and schizophrenia: A phenomenological exploration of the structure of consciousness in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |