UTICAJ FOJERBAHA NA FROJDOVU KRITIKU RELIGIJE
FEUERBACH’S INFLUENCE ON FREUD’S CRITICISM OF RELIGION

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to consider the potential influence that Feuerbach had on Freud, primarily considering the similarity of their views on religion. The possibility of interpreting Freud’s hypotheses about the genesis and function of religion as a psychoanalytic elaboration of Feuerbach’s anthropological reconstruction of religion is pointed out. It turns out that it is not unfounded to claim that the basis of the criticism of religion by both thinkers is the same ultimate goal - not atheism as a mere denial of the existence of God, but a call for the return of man to himself and all his potential. What is less obvious when it comes to Feuerbach’s influence on Freud, and what is pointed out in this paper, is the possibility that some of Freud’s basic psychoanalytic concepts were also inspired by Feuerbach’s philosophy.

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