- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press (19 Jun 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0816648883
- ISBN-13: 978-0816648887
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.6 x 0.2 cm
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Islam Muslim Psychoanalysis
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Psychoanalysists have tried to contribute to the discussion as to why Muslim-oriented suicide bombers commit their dastardly deeds against anti-Islamist government bodies or unarmed civilians (unfortunate `collateral damage'). Benslama's book provided many interesting `tidbits' about Islam, but it was a difficult (okay, less than `exciting') read. He analyzed why Freud "dismisses Islam as a subject for further investigation," but nonetheless used Freudian analysis in trying to explain Islamic terrorism. As the author noted: "This book extends to Islam Freud's project of exposing the repression on which religious institutions are based and undertakes to translate their metaphysics into metapsychology" (p. vii). Chapter titles include: The Torment of Origin; The Repudiation of Origin; Destinies of the Other Woman; and Within Himself. The author spent a lot of time in analyzing: autoimmunization, decomposition and recomposition, despair in the Islamic world, Genesis according to Hagar (a very informative analysis of the Issac versus Ishmael sacrifice debate), the Possibility of the Impossible (God versus father versus son issues), There is - There is Not, The Theological Veil, The Question of Female Jouissance, suicide sacrifice, and much more. However, after finishing this book, I had the feeling that the author while having written much, had not really convinced me that psychoanalysis really has much to offer in explaining why many Muslims feel inferior to or threatened by "the West". With the author many times frequently rewording and repeating his thoughts over and over again, one felt that the author was trying to convince the reader of the author's views based merely upon rote recitation rather than through the development of any good empirical support for the author's contentions. What I found informative in this book were the "factoids" that the author presented, rather than his psychoanalysis of Islam. The author essentially determined that `Islam is ill', but did not present anything like a "12 Step Help Recovery" program as to how Islam can be `cured'. This book is one of the better books that I have found regarding the psychology of Islam; hence, do read it! (Also see "Islamic Terror" by Avner Falk and "Counseling and Psychotherapy with Arabs and Muslims" by Marwan Dwairy.)
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