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After an introduction to the history of the principle “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” (the development of the individual repeats the evolution of the species), this article discusses how Freud used this now out-dated scientific assumption as a foundation to support his theory of the origins religion as developed in Totem and Taboo. According to Freud, religion originated in pre-historic collective experiences that became repressed and ritualized as totems and taboos; vestiges of these experiences are still seen in unreflective, everyday, descriptions by people concerning primitive peoples, neurotic patients, and normal children to which educators must respond. The article examines the consequences of linking “savages,” neurotic patients, and children as evidence for his theory of religion, and what happens to his theory of religion when the premise of “ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny” is withdrawn.
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KeywordsTotem and Taboo, Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny, Freud’s Theory of the Origins of Religion
Periodical TitleDidache
Periodical Year2010
Periodical Volume Number09
Periodical Issue Number02
Periodical ISSN1536-0156
Peer Reviewed?Yes
Place of PublicationKansas City, Missouri
EditorDean Blevins
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Didache Volume 09, Number 02
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