Civilization, Culture, Religion

«To take away from a people a man they are proud of as the greatest among their sons, — such a task is approached reluctantly and with a heavy heart, especially if you belong to that people yourself. But no... instructive examples will prompt me to set aside the truth for the sake of imagined national interests,» - thus begins «The Man Moses,» the last work of the great psychologist. The writings included in this book are categorized by specialists as belonging to the «late period,» when Freud makes an unexpected turn towards the theme of religion. In the first work, he declares religion to be a universal neurosis, while in the second, he gazes into the nature of ancient horror and reverence of man before the unbearable divine Father. Both works are presented in the translation of the outstanding philosopher and philologist V. V. Bibikhin and supplemented with his commentary on Freud's last work.