Religion: Sigmund Freud's Infantile Illusions And  Collective Neurosis Perspective

Susanto Susanto; Saifullah Idris

doi:10.22373/jar.v4i1.7518

Religion: Sigmund Freud's Infantile Illusions And Collective Neurosis Perspective

Susanto Susanto, Saifullah Idris

Abstract

This paper concerns Freud's thoughts on religion. Religion is not only about faith
in a great God, but also encompasses the order and discipline of life. Religion
involves human relationships, either with God or with others. Freud saw religion as
the fulfillment of a childish desire. This can not be separated from his work as a
psychologist who produced the concept of psychoanalysis and human sexual stages.
Freud disputed the basis of human trust claims by giving three mutually exclusive
and holistically unsatisfactory reasons. First, we must trust without demanding
proofs; Second, we must believe because our ancestors also believed; And third, we
must believe because we have evidence from ancient times. Freud contends that
such beliefs are nothing more than an illusion.

Keywords

Religion; illusion; neurosis; sigmund freud; psychoanalys

Full Text:

PDF

References

Chaplin, J.P. (2008). Kamus Psikologi, edisi ke-12, alih bahasa: Kartini Kartono, Jakarta: RajaGrafindo Persada

Freud, S. (1940). “An Outline of Psychoanalysis”, dalam Standard Edition, Edisi 23, London: Hogarth

Freud, S. (1983). Sekelumit Sejarah Psikoanalisa. Terjemahan K Bertens, Jakarta: Penerbit PT Gramedia

Freud, S. (2000). Peradaban dan Kekecewaan-Kekecewaan, alih bahasa: Apri Danarto, New York: Norton and Company

Freud, S. (2002). Totem dan Tabu, alih bahasa: Kurniawan Adi Saputro, Yogyakarta: Jendela.

Freud, S. (2003). Musa dan Monoteisme, Yogyakarta: Jendela.

Hick, J.H. (1990). Philosophy of religion, (New Jersey: Prentice-Hall Inc, 1990

Kung, H. (2003). Sigmund Freud Vis-a Vis Tuhan, alih bahasa: Edi Mulyono, Yogyakarta: IRCiSoD

Nasution, Harun. (1985). Islam Ditinjau dari Berbagai Aspek, Jilid I, Jakarta: UI Press

Nelson, B. (Ed.). (2003). Freud: Manusia Paling Berpengaruh Abad ke-20, alih bahasa: Yurni, Surabaya: IKON

Pals, D.L. (1996). Sevem Theories of Religion, New York, Oxford University Press, 1996.

Saifullah. (2015). The Internalization of Democratic Values into Education and Their Relevance to Islamic Education Development (Synthetic, Analytic, and Eclectic Implementation of John Dewey’s Thoughts). Advanced Science Letters, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 21 (7), pp. 2301-2304, DOI: 10.1166/asl.2015.6257

Scharfenberg, J. (2003). Sigmund Freud: Pemikiran dan kritik Agama, alih bahasa: Shohifullah, Subhan Zaenuri, Zulkifly, Yogyakarta: Ak Group

Tabrani. ZA. (2014). Islamic Studies dalam Pendekatan Multidisipliner (Suatu Kajian Gradual Menuju Paradigma Global). Jurnal Ilmiah Peuradeun, 2(2), 127-144.

Tabrani. ZA. (2015). Arah Baru Metodologi Studi Islam. Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak.

Tabrani. ZA. (2015). Persuit Epistemologi of Islamic Studies (Buku 2 Arah Baru Metodologi Studi Islam). Yogyakarta: Penerbit Ombak. Titus, H.H., et al. (1984). Persoalan-persoalan Filsafat, alih bahasa: H.M. Rasjidi, Jakarta: Bulan Bintang.

Turner, B.S. (2003). Agama dan Perubahan Sosial, alih bahasa: Inyiak Ridwan Muzir, Yogyakarta: IRCiSod.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22373/jar.v4i1.7518