Jews and the American Soul: Human Nature in the Twentieth Century

by Andrew R . Heinze (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $35.96

  Recognizes the central role Jews and Jewish values have played in shaping American ideas of the inner life. This book aims to overturn the widely shared assumption that modern ideas of human nature derived from the nation's Protestant heritage. It also provides fresh interpretations of Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, and Western views of the psyche.