Abstract
Lessing's parable of the rings seems to promise an education of mankind, which has never materialized. Since it was written, the famous text has often been used as a substitute for a non-existent German-Jewish cultural history. In order to make its contradictions more comprehensible, a subtext underlying the parable is considered. The parable is read with the help of Sigmund Freud, in the light of Totem and Taboo: in a hermeneutics of suspicion.
Translated title of the contribution | Lessing and Freud. A reading of the Parable of the ring |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 564-579 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Psyche (Germany) |
Volume | 71 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2017 |
Keywords
- Gotthold ephraim lessing
- Heinz politzer
- Nathan the wise
- Parable of the ring
- Repression