為了寫一篇報告,我到圖書館借了『The question of God』,這本書挺有趣的,主旨在討論兩種人的世界觀:『有信仰的人』和『沒有信仰的人』(believers and unbelievers)。作者Armand Nicholi 選定了C.S. Lewis和Freud做為這兩類人的代表人物來進行分析比較(我是看了這本書才知道Lewis這號人物,至於Freud的唯物觀則是大學時代即稍有涉獵。)
之所以提起這本書,是因為我讀到一小段很有意思小插曲:在作者側寫Freud生長背景時指出有部分學者推論Freud孩提時期與重要照顧著的依附關係與他的反宗教心理有高度相關。原文摘要如下:
Freud suffered significant loss early in his life (his nanny left all of a sudden.) “Some scholars have speculated that Freud’s antagonism to the spiritual worldview and specifically to Catholic Church stemmed in part form his anger and disappointment at being left by the Catholic nanny at a critical time in his life.” (The question of GOD by Armand M. Nicholi, Jr. P.15)
看來,Freud的理論也適用於他本人:童年經驗真的是大大影響一個人的社會心理發展呀!