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Title	:	Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
Author	:	Erich Fromm
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 188 pages
Published	:	1974 by Souvenir Press (first published 1959)
Categories	:	Psychology. Philosophy. Religion. Buddhism. Nonfiction. Zen. Psychoanalysis

Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis Paperback | Pages: 188 pages

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Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis, Erich Fromm, D. T. Suzuki, and De Martino. Approximately one third of this book is a long discussion by Suzuki that gives a Buddhist analysis of the mind, its levels, and the methodology of extending awareness beyond the merely discursive level of thought. In producing this analysis, Suzuki gives a theoretical explanation for many of the swordsmanship teaching stories in Zen and Japanese Culture that otherwise would seem to involve mental telepathy, extrasensory perception, etc.

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Original Title:	Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis
ISBN:	0285647474 (ISBN13: 9780285647473)
Edition Language:	English

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great little reader, succinct and enlightening. refreshing points of view from renowned authors.

"La clarificación analítica podría ayudar al estudioso del Zen a evitar ilusiones cuya ausencia es la condicion misma de la iluminacion*"Erich Fromm. I was expecting a kind of dialogue with bridges being made between the two extremes: Psychoanalysis and Buddhism. Yet, by the end of the book, it was very clear in my mind: Susuki almost ruled out any bridges; not quite the same with Erich Fromm. The book is the output of a seminar held in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1957. The first part belongs to

What are you doing Mr. Fromm? After "Escape from Freedom" and "Sane Society" you are pouring a cold shower, why? Why do you degrade the intellectual capacity of a human being. How come that humanism has become so condemnable in your philosophy? I am puzzled, but still reading your book (1/4 on my way to finish)>

I cant' believe all this information was out since 1959! Great little book (originally an article perhaps?) on the similarities of the goal of enlightenment from the zen perspective and that of bringing the unconscious to the conscious of psychoanalysis, and where they differ. I'll definitely check more from Erich Fromm in the near future, very pleasant read filled with overarching reflections on our society etc.

Expect three separate works from three authors of different backgrounds discussing the connection between Zen Buddhism and psychoanalysis. They don't overlap much, nor does each author follow the same structure. A nice bathroom or lazy read, I'll likely pick it up in the future for a quick consideration of one of the three author's points, but reading it cover to cover won't happen again as there is little congruency between the stories.

Erich Fromm was a master psychoanalyst whose interest in Zen Buddhism inspired both a seminar and this book on the intersections of the two fields. Since I have done a fair amount of reading in both disciplines, I found the promise of this book connecting the two to be very enticing. Fromm certainly does make some interesting observations, although I didn't always find his arguments to be as compelling as I thought they could have been. Still, this was a worthwhile, short audiobook experience,

It's hard to sum this one up. It's my first foray into Zen, and I'm very glad of it. The book consists of a collection of lectures given by Drs D.T. Suzuki, who introduced Zen Buddhism to the West with a series of books in the 1950s, and Erich Fromm, one of the most important social psychologists of the twentieth century. Suzuki outlines the basic precepts of Zen thought -- though even the term "thought" becomes problematic in this sense. The Zen man/woman is not concerned with thought, but with