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At Home in the World
A Study in Psychoanalysis, Religion, and Art
Introduction
The emotional separation of boys from their mothers in early childhood enables them to connect with their fathers and their fathers'' world. But this separation also produces a melancholic reaction of sadness and sense of loss.
Religious Sensibilities
Certain religious sensibilities develop out of this melancholic reaction, including a sense of honor, a sense of hope, and a sense of humor.
Men's Search for Home
Realizing that they cannot return to their original maternal environment, men, whether knowingly or not, embark on a lifelong search for a sense of being at home in the world.
Focus of the Book
At Home in the World focuses on works of art as a means to explore the formation and continuing expression of men''s melancholy selves and their religious sensibilities.
Topics Explored
These explorations include such topics as male viewers'' mixed feelings toward the maternal figure, physical settings that offer alternatives to the maternal environment, and the maternal resonances of the world of nature.
Natural World and Hope
By presenting images of the natural world as the locus of peace and contentment, At Home in the World especially reflects the religious sensibility of hope.
