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Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature
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Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Otto Rank; Gregory C. Richter (Translator); E. James Lieberman (Translator)


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In his last years, Otto Rank turned his lifetime of thought and learning toward two of the most difficult topics in human history: religion and the soul. The result was this now-classic work, available in this new, very accessible English translation. Unlike many other intellectuals of the twentieth century, Rank maintains a place for the soul rather than dismissing it as a fantasy. The soul and the beliefs about it, he argues, set forth the foundation for psychology, with its complex analyses of consciousness, self-consciousness, and personality. Rank's commentary is not limited to beliefs about individual souls but includes ideas about group souls, sometimes encompassing nations or generations. Rank suggests that it is in expression of group beliefs that the idea of the soul attains its greatest power.

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I first attempted to understand early-belief in 1914, studying primitive peoples and starting with literary treatments of the double.

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  • Title Psychology and the Soul: A Study of the Origin, Conceptual Evolution, and Nature of the Soul
  • Author Otto Rank; Gregory C. Richter (Translator); E. James Lieberman (Translator)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
  • Date July 9, 2002
  • ISBN 9780801872372 / 0801872375
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code 200.19

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Otto Rank (1884-1939) was one of the most important students of Freud, especially famous for winning Freud's admiration, then for striking out independently. Among his most enduring works are Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality Development; Beyond Psychology; The Double; The Myth of the Birth of the Hero; The Trauma of Birth; and The Incest Theme in Literature and Legend, the last is also available from Johns Hopkins. Gregory C. Richter is an associate professor of foreign language at Truman State University. E. James Lieberman is a clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the George Washington University School of Medicine.

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