Great Minds Series: Totem and Taboo : Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics (Paperback)

from GlennBell

This book provides insight into the thinking of Freud,who is a founder of some progress in clinical psychology. He is logical and well researched. He ultimately ties totemism and religion to the Oedipus complex. I found the work to be of little practical value. I am not thoroughly convinced it is...

from drbrand

In the beginning was the Deed. Basically, we collectively killed the dad, felt sorry-not sorry, reenacted the crime over and over until we forgot exactly what we did in the first place, and eventually invented religion to make sense of it all. The end!

from P_S_Patrick

Totem and Taboo is an investigation into the links between Neurosis and the religious / social Totem tradition, and the Taboos found in pre and post-totemic societies. In large part this work is inspired by the anthropological work of James George Frazer, with Freud bringing in his interests in t...