The Unconscious in Rosenzweig’s the Star of Redemption:
- This paper discusses Franz Rosenzweig’s use of the term “the unconscious” (das Unbewußte) and possible influences on his understanding of it. I claim that for Rosenzweig, it is through the unconscious that the individual becomes aware of himself and becomes capable of fulfilling his longing to achieve self-fulfillment and eventually to take part in a collective redemption. The unconscious is often perceived as the mental sphere related to trauma and repression in which defense mechanisms and fantasies are evolved. Fantasies are psychological tools that allow the individual to cope with trauma, but they are also “layers of enclosedness,” illusions that should be dissolved. Hence, in the unconscious, we find a possibility of liberation.
Author details: | Ronen PinkasORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1163/1477285x-12341347 |
ISSN: | 1477-285X |
ISSN: | 1053-699X |
Title of parent work (English): | The Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy |
Subtitle (German): | on a threshold of a possible revelation |
Publisher: | Brill |
Place of publishing: | Leiden |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2023/03/27 |
Publication year: | 2023 |
Release date: | 2024/02/16 |
Volume: | 31 |
Issue: | 1 |
First page: | 102 |
Last Page: | 126 |
Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Jüdische Theologie |
DDC classification: | 2 Religion / 20 Religion / 200 Religion |