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Oceanic feeling is a psychological term coined by Romain Rolland and popularized by Sigmund Freud in his books ''The Future of an Illusion'' (1927) and ''Civilization and Its Discontents'' (1929/1930) to criticize the psychological feeling of religion, the "oceanic" feeling of limitlessness. According to Rolland's definition of the term, this feeling is the source of all religious energy which permeates in various religious systems. It is a sensation of an indissoluble bond, as of being connected with the external world in its integral form.〔Emotions in the Christian Tradition (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/emotion-Christian-tradition/〕 This feeling is an entirely subjective fact and is not an article of faith. Rolland's view is that one may justifiably call oneself religious on the basis of this oceanic feeling alone, regardless if the adherent renounces every belief and every illusion.〔The Ontology of Religiosity: The Oceanic Feeling and the Value of the Lived Experience〕 On the other hand, Freud cannot sympathize with such feeling since he admits he cannot find it in himself. It is not easy, he says, to analyze emotions scientifically. To Freud, this feeling is a fragment of infantile consciousness when the infant begins to differentiate himself from his human and non-human environment. In his opinion, there is not a strong enough need for it to be the source of all religious energy. Freud does not deny that this feeling may occur in people and offers a psychoanalytical explanation.〔Freud, Sigmund. Civilization and its Discontents. pps 11-13 http://ia340931.us.archive.org/0/items/CivilizationAndItsDiscontents/freud_civilization_and_its_discontents.pdf〕 == History == The concept was coined in a letter of December 5th, 1927 from Rolland to Freud as part of their correspondence, where Rolland writes: In strict translation: Freud ends ''The Future of An Illusion'' with a discussion of the concept, and picks up the discussion as the beginning of ''Civilization and Its Discontents,'' answering Rolland's request. In ''Civilization,'' Freud credits the concept to an anonymous friend, referring to Rolland. Rolland originated the concept based on his studies of Eastern mysticism. Freud related the Oceanic feeling to Narcissistic elation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oceanic feeling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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