Sigmund Freud on Religion | The Future of an Illusion | psychology of religion

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Sigmund Freud dreamed of an atheistic utopia – a world free of religion. For him a society free of religion is a healthy society. But why did he think so and is it possible to create Nonreligious World?

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Main work used is: Daniel L. Pals. 2006. Eight Theories of Religion. Oxford University Press.
“Obsessive Actions and Religious Practices” (1907)
Totem and Taboo (1913)
The Future of an Illusion (1927)
Moses and Monotheism (1938)

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Asad, Talal. 2003. Formations of the Secular: Christianity, Islam, Modernity. Stanford University Press.
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Blankholm, Joseph. 2022. The Secular Paradox On the Religiosity of the Not Religious. NYU Press.
Boyer, Pascal. 2001. Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought.
Day, Abby. 2011. Believing in Belonging: Belief and Social Identity in the Modern World. Oxford University Press.
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McDannell, Colleen. 1995. Material Christianity. Yale UP.
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