The Hidden Freud: His Hassidic Roots

There were many Freuds: the scholar, the academic, the researcher, the neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. All were noted for their rejection of religion and their identification with the prevalent German culture. This was the picture painted by Freud's principal biographers: Ernest Jones, Peter Gay and Ronald Clark They agreed that Freud came from an assimilated Jewish background and that he was a completely secular intellectual. However, more recent studies show a very different and more complicated Freud. This Freud emerged from a deeply religious Hassidic background with generations of distinguished rabbis and Jewish scholars on both his maternal, paternal and marital sides. They demonstrate that Freud was very knowledgeable about Jewish ideas and practices and that he was conversant with both Hebrew and Yiddish. This lecture will consider the hidden or covert dimension of Freud's persona and explore how it reflected his struggle with his Jewish, indeed, Kabbalistic antecedents.

Suitable for
18+

Admission
£10 Adults; £7 Member of the Museum; £7 Student/Concession

Website
http://freud.org.uk/events/75861/the-hidden-freud-his-hassidic-roots/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//se000274?id=EVENT518895