{"product_id":"religion-narcissism-and-fanaticism-the-arrogance-of-gods-paperback","title":"Religion, Narcissism and Fanaticism: The Arrogance of Gods - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTamas Pataki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligion, Narcissism and Fanaticism\u003c\/i\u003e traces the historical and psychosocial development of religiosity and applies anthropological and psychoanalytic perspectives to the understanding of religions, particularly their fanatical and fundamentalist expressions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReligious ideology, practices and institutions satisfy many human needs, including those arising from our hysterical, obsessional, and narcissistic dispositions: the need to segregate the good and bad aspects of our personalities; to belong to an idealized group; and to feel secure and special by identifying with, or living in the orbit of, a supposedly omnipotent figure. But these needs and their modes of satisfaction are distorted by religions which may then nurture and accommodate malign characteristics, especially in the case of the monotheisms, narcissistic inflation or grandiosity. The book shows how interactions between religious ideology and personal development become intricated in the narcissistic pathology which underlies much of the violence and religious aggression in the world today. It presents both a new account of the historical and psychosocial development of religiosity and a powerful polemic against the religions which delusorily satisfy some of the very needs they create.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book will appeal to psychoanalysts, anthropologists, philosophers, sociologists, and all those interested in the place of religion in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamas Pataki\u003c\/b\u003e is Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Author of \u003ci\u003eAgainst Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWish-fulfilment in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eRacism in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also published journal articles and book chapters on the philosophy of mind and religion, most recently in \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53530855964979,"sku":"9781032724942","price":74.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/KsZLGPlYsh9781032724942.webp?v=1782984331","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/religion-narcissism-and-fanaticism-the-arrogance-of-gods-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}