Psychology, philosophy of mind publisher university of pennsylvania press. Otto ranks 1996 a psychology of difference is his first new book in over fifty years. The depth psychology of heroism patricia kwok, arnp, phd group health cooperative seattle, wa what is depth psychology. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Spirituality is mankinds struggle to deal with death. Ironically, the spiritual had always been there, hidden in what was closest and most familiar to rogers. In his psychology and the soul, recognized the desire for immortality through self expression of lasting impact, whether through the creativity of the artist or the reforming efforts of the hero. In otto rank developed a concept of the will as the guiding force in personality development. Here he presents a sweeping history of psychologyindividual and socialfrom the animistic era to psychoanalysis.
Pdf the weight of philosophy in otto ranks psychoanalysis. From the moment freud discovered this precocious student of the geisteswissenschaften, humanities, he recognized ranks talent for applying psychoanalysis to the arts and humanities, especially to literature, theater, and mythology. Otto rank, a former collaborator of sigmund freud, was. Otto rank, an austrian psychoanalyst, was the first to talk about the trauma of birth. He studied the process of artistic creation, and concluded that all of human life, including neurosis, is a process of selfcreation. Otto rank 18841939 the early disciple and colleague of freud, who later broke with him and developed his own psychoanalytic school, was a manysided man whose genius found expression beyond the strictly psychoanalytic field in contributions to the criticism of. A transpersonal perspective jon amundson calgary,alberta,canada experience has taught, however, that as the therapist can only heal in his own way, the patient can only become well in his own way, that is, whenever and however he wills, which moreover is already clear through his decision to take treatment. First published in german in 1909, otto ranks original the myth of the birth of the hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. His ideas stimulated new lines of investigation not only in psychology but also in social science, religion, history, and anthropology. The will could be a positive force for controlling and using a persons instinctual drives, which were seen by freud as the motivating factors in human behaviour.
The journal of the otto rank association, with writings by rank and his followers, was published biannually from 1966 until 1983. Ranks 1930 work, psychology and the soul, was finally published in english in 1998. The soul, for example, needs an articulated worldview, a carefully workedout scheme of values and a sense of relatedness to the whole. Rank discusses the ultimates psychological concepts which go beyond the individuals makeup, such as fear of death, desire for immortality, sexuality, and the need for love. Pdf existential psychology is a branch of psychology that studies how people come to terms with the basic givens of human existence. Rank discusses the ultimates psychological concepts which go beyond the individuals makeup, such as fear of death, desire for immortality, sexuality, and the need for love and the institutions which support these concepts. Psychologists seek an understanding of the emergent properties of brains, and all the variety of phenomena linked to those emergent properties, joining this way the broader neuroscientific group of. Psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, teacher, otto rank 18841939 wrote on such subjects as the artist, myth, the hero, sexuality, guilt, dreams, neurosis, and the technique and history of psychoanalysis. Otto rank was a highly original psychologist whose ideas continue to influence.
A plea for the acceptance of the irrational element in man is the most vital part of human life. Turner, 1950 was incomplete and somewhat inaccurate. Ranks commentary is not limited to beliefs about individual souls but includes ideas about group souls, sometimes encompassing nations or. History of psychology powerpoint linkedin slideshare. The soul as second self before plato 231 return of the souls, 2004.
Otto rank 18841939 was the author of many works, including will therapy, truth and reality, art and artist, and beyond psychology. My purpose in writing this blog is to bring psychologists, my clients, and us all back to psychology as the study of the psyche, to a focus on the ground of our being, to the soul, because that is. Unlike sigmund freud, his mentor, rank viewed religion. In confronting those ancient conceptions of the dual soul with its modern manifestation in the literature of the double, we realize a decisive change of emphasis, amounting to a moralistic interpretation of the old soul belief.
His central theory is that being born is the first trauma humans experience. Psychology and the soul johns hopkins university press books. The birth of clientcentered therapycarl rogers, otto rank. A compilation of twentytwo essays delivered in america between 1924 and 1938, it begins with a brief yet spirited foreword by rollo may and a helpful and detailed chronology of ranks life by robert kramer. Otto rank wrote before the atom bomb or television, both of which alter our perception of death without changing the fact. However much people may believe that the soul is a separate thing, it must be borne in mind that its activities, thought and action, are confined within the limitations of the brain baff, 1910. Bringing enlightenment down to earth psychology with soul the quantum leap new psychology that recognizes our spiritual nature as a part of the psyche. The soul and the beliefs about it, he argues, set forth the foundation for psychology, with its complex analyses of consciousness, selfconsciousness, and personality. Authors personal copy r otto rank 18841939 w wadlington, penn state. Otto rank follows this development, starting prereligious times, as the evolution of the soul, not only from the psychological standpoint, but also with anthropological and philosophical insight, thus explaining phenomena such as sacrifice, matriarchy and patriarchy, christian trinity, the unconscious and psychoanalysis. Psychology and the soulby otto rank, translated by gregory c. The roots and geneology of humanistic psychology aapb. A plea for the acceptance of the irrational element in man ss the most vital part of human life.
A study of the origin, conceptual evolution, and nature of the soul. Psychology and the soul otto rank translated by gregory c. Otto rank believed that the trauma of birth was the first chapter of neurosis and that it placed us. This explains why a number of small animals became soulanimals in. Turner in 1950 was a good effort but has been superseded by a new translation by professionals. Buy psychology and the soul by rank, otto, turner, william isbn.
Language of the soulstudy of the unconscious psyche means soullogos means language embraces the tension of oppositeslife and death. Collection universallibrary contributor osmania university language english. James lieberman abstract otto rank 18841939 wrote the present work at the height of his creative powers, between will therapy and art and artist here he presents a sweeping history of psychology individual and social. Psychology researches human behaviors and their causes while literature depicts human behavior through fiction. One of the most remarkable books in the history of psychology, the trauma of birth. Psychology and the soul by otto rank, translated by. Otto rank formulated a psychology of the will, which mirrored many of nietzsches themes rank, 1936, 1941.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In his last years, otto rank turned his lifetime of thought an. The spirit of otto rank, from whom clientcentered therapy originated, lived on in the mind, heart, and soul of carl rogers. The basic orientation of otto rank can be stated very explicitly. Like his mentor sigmund freud, rank compared the myths of such figures as oedipus, moses, and sargon with common dreams, seeing in both a symbolic fulfillment of repressed desire. Otto rank and the trauma of birth exploring your mind. The abrupt separation from our mother and sudden exit from a protected environment to a hostile world leave a lasting impact on us. Otto rank 18841939 was one of the most important students of freud, especially famous for winning freuds admiration, then for striking out independently. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. Secretary of the vienna psychoanalytic society from 1906, at age 22, and freuds closest associate for the next 18 years, rank was a prolific and influential. Otto rank 18841939 wrote the present work at the height of his creative powers, betweenwill therapy andart and artist. He emigrated from vienna to paris in 1926, and moved permanently to the united states in 1935.
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