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Eric L. Santner is the Harriet and Ulrich E. Meyer Professor in the Department of Germanic Studies and the Committee on Jewish Studies at the University of Chicago.

In On the Psychotheology of Everyday Life, Eric Santner puts Sigmund Freud in dialogue with his contemporary Franz Rosenzweig in the service of reimagining ethical and political life. By exploring the theological dimensions of Freud's writings and revealing unexpected psychoanalytic implications in the religious philosophy of Rosenzweig's masterwork, The Star of Redemption, Santner makes an original argument for understanding religions of revelation in therapeutic terms, and offers a penetrating look at how this understanding suggests fruitful ways of reconceiving political community.

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A study of the relationship between the work of Sigmund Freud and Franz Rosenzweig, one of the crucial figures in the renaissance of German-Jewish culture in the early 20th century. Rosenzweig's is of interest because it challenges the vision of cultural and religious pluralism in recent philosophical writing on globalization. Santer (Germanic Studies, Committee on Jewish Studies, University of Chicago) argues that both Freud and Rosenzweig offer a radically different vision of Old Testament cultural distinction. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)