Freud traced Christian intolerance directly to its universal-love ideal
Evidence
Seeking to answer these questions, Freud proposes a return to the origins of “our” civilization, that is to say, to the beginnings of Christian civilization-the foundational “universal love between men.” It is from this universal love that there follows as “an inevitable consequence” the “extreme intolerance on the part of Christendom towards those who remained outside it.” Seeking to account for civilization and its discontents, Freud proposes a return to Paul and to Jesus. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 131
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Parallels the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ piece’s cross-cultural moral-panic logic: a positive norm produces its own deviant outside.