Of A Renunciation of the Father, an article by Fethi Benslama
Freud, in his examination of monotheistic religions, does not pay much attention to Islam and at times appears to make problematic claims about it.
Fethi Benslama, a Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalyst, presents a perspective on the origins of Islam that serves as both a critical and complementary reading of Freud’s intellectual project.
According to him, Islam has inherited a specific genealogical condition from Judeo-Christian monotheism, and for this reason, from its very emergence in the sixth century, it has positioned itself with a theology that is anti-paternal and thus carries an anti-psychological characteristic.
Benslama, emphasizing the separation of the father from God in Islam—and particularly considering the subject that emerges as a result of this separation—embarks on a psychoanalytic inquiry that, in his own words, is merely a beginning for understanding certain implicit meanings of faith in a God who is both “being” and “reality.”
This text is the Persian translation of the article:
Fethi Benslama, “Of A Renunciation of the Father,” trans. Roland Végső, Umbr(a): Islam, July 15, 2009, 25-33.
Freud, in his examination of monotheistic religions, does not pay much attention to Islam and at times appears to make problematic claims about it.
Fethi Benslama, a Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalyst, presents a perspective on the origins of Islam that serves as both a critical and complementary reading of Freud’s intellectual project.
According to him, Islam has inherited a specific genealogical condition from Judeo-Christian monotheism, and for this reason, from its very emergence in the sixth century, it has positioned itself with a theology that is anti-paternal and thus carries an anti-psychological characteristic.
Benslama, emphasizing the separation of the father from God in Islam—and particularly considering the subject that emerges as a result of this separation—embarks on a psychoanalytic inquiry that, in his own words, is merely a beginning for understanding certain implicit meanings of faith in a God who is both “being” and “reality.”
This text is the Persian translation of the article:
Fethi Benslama, “Of A Renunciation of the Father,” trans. Roland Végső, Umbr(a): Islam, July 15, 2009, 25-33.
