<b>Terror and Civilization: Christianity, Politics, and the Western Psyche</b>
by Shadia B. Drury
Review:
In Part IV Drury argues that the ethic of love has unwittingly fostered a conception of conscience as an inner state of siege. She maintains that <b>both psychoanalysis and postmodernism are the heirs of Christianity: both are trapped within the its horizon. </b><b>Indeed, she argues, Freud has provided Christianity with scientific justification! </b>Likewise, it is alleged that Foucault is not free of the yoke of Christianity. He assumes that there is a deep conflict between human nature and civilization, and that the latter depends for its success on psychic terror. But, Drury contends, this understanding of civilization and terror has the effects of deprecating morality, inviting a Promethean revolt, and romanticizing evil.
by Shadia B. Drury
Review:
In Part IV Drury argues that the ethic of love has unwittingly fostered a conception of conscience as an inner state of siege. She maintains that <b>both psychoanalysis and postmodernism are the heirs of Christianity: both are trapped within the its horizon. </b><b>Indeed, she argues, Freud has provided Christianity with scientific justification! </b>Likewise, it is alleged that Foucault is not free of the yoke of Christianity. He assumes that there is a deep conflict between human nature and civilization, and that the latter depends for its success on psychic terror. But, Drury contends, this understanding of civilization and terror has the effects of deprecating morality, inviting a Promethean revolt, and romanticizing evil.