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Jan 1, 1884 — Jan 1, 1939· 55 yrs

AUSTRIA AUTHOR · PSYCHOLOGY · PATHOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Otto Rank

Also known as: OTTO RANK, Rank, Otto, Otto

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The Trauma of Birth (German: Das Trauma der Geburt) is a 1924 book by the psychoanalyst Otto Rank. It was first published in English translation in 1929. Especially with its focus on the connection between microcosm and macrocosm, it foreshadows Rank's most popular book, Art and Artist, published in 1932 and considered a masterpiece by scholars of art history. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, reacted both favorably and critically to The Trauma of Birth, responding to Rank's ideas in his own work.

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Since I originally approached the art-problem from the psychological side, and wish now, too, to study it in relation to the development of personality, the historical method of presentation, which is usual in art-histories, is barred.

— from Kunst und künstler

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