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. Psychology and the soulby otto rank, translated by gregory c. In otto rank developed a concept of the will as the guiding force in personality development. A study of the origin, conceptual evolution, and nature of the soul. 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 wrote before the atom bomb or television, both of which alter our perception of death without changing the fact.
An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. He emigrated from vienna to paris in 1926, and moved permanently to the united states in 1935. 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. 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. Rank suggests that it is in expression of group beliefs that the idea of the soul attains its greatest power. Turner in 1950 was a good effort but has been superseded by a new translation by professionals. History of psychology powerpoint linkedin slideshare. 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. Buy psychology and the soul by rank, otto, turner, william isbn. 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.
Otto rank, an austrian psychoanalyst, was the first to talk about the trauma of birth. 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. The journal of the otto rank association, with writings by rank and his followers, was published biannually from 1966 until 1983. Otto rank 18841939 was the author of many works, including will therapy, truth and reality, art and artist, and beyond psychology. 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. One of the most remarkable books in the history of psychology, the trauma of birth. 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. The roots and geneology of humanistic psychology aapb. The soul and the beliefs about it, he argues, set forth the foundation for psychology, with its complex analyses of consciousness, selfconsciousness, and personality.
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. The spirit of otto rank, from whom clientcentered therapy originated, lived on in the mind, heart, and soul of carl rogers. Pdf the weight of philosophy in otto ranks psychoanalysis. 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. Authors personal copy r otto rank 18841939 w wadlington, penn state. Ranks introduction of the soul as an essential part of contemporary psychology helps explain a number of perplexing, irrational phenomena in contemporary life. This explains why a number of small animals became soulanimals in. Otto rank 18841939 wrote the present work at the height of his creative powers, betweenwill therapy andart and artist. The depth psychology of heroism patricia kwok, arnp, phd group health cooperative seattle, wa what is depth psychology. Ironically, the spiritual had always been there, hidden in what was closest and most familiar to rogers.
Psychology researches human behaviors and their causes while literature depicts human behavior through fiction. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, as well as feeling and thought. 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. In his last years, otto rank turned his lifetime of thought an. His ideas stimulated new lines of investigation not only in psychology but also in social science, religion, history, and anthropology. The abrupt separation from our mother and sudden exit from a protected environment to a hostile world leave a lasting impact on us.
The basic orientation of otto rank can be stated very explicitly. 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. A plea for the acceptance of the irrational element in man is the most vital part of human life. Language of the soulstudy of the unconscious psyche means soullogos means language embraces the tension of oppositeslife and death. He studied the process of artistic creation, and concluded that all of human life, including neurosis, is a process of selfcreation. Bringing enlightenment down to earth psychology with soul the quantum leap new psychology that recognizes our spiritual nature as a part of the psyche. He manifests astonishing insight into the theories of sigmund freud, otto rank, soren kierkegaard. It needs a myth of immortality and an attitude toward death. A plea for the acceptance of the irrational element in man ss the most vital part of human life. Psychology and the soul johns hopkins university press books. Psychology and the soul by otto rank, translated by.
Psychoanalytic society, otto rank, together with hans sachs, had a. Otto rank was a highly original psychologist whose ideas continue to influence. Psychology, philosophy of mind publisher university of pennsylvania press. Otto rank, a former collaborator of sigmund freud, was. Spirituality is mankinds struggle to deal with death. 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. Psychology and the soul otto rank translated by gregory c. Otto rank 18841939 was one of the most important students of freud, especially famous for winning freuds admiration, then for striking out independently. The soul, for example, needs an articulated worldview, a carefully workedout scheme of values and a sense of relatedness to the whole. Collection universallibrary contributor osmania university language english. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Pdf existential psychology is a branch of psychology that studies how people come to terms with the basic givens of human existence.
Turner, 1950 was incomplete and somewhat inaccurate. Here he presents a sweeping history of psychologyindividual and socialfrom the animistic era to psychoanalysis. His central theory is that being born is the first trauma humans experience. Ranks commentary is not limited to beliefs about individual souls but includes ideas about group souls, sometimes encompassing nations or. The soul as second self before plato 231 return of the souls, 2004. 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. Ranks 1930 work, psychology and the soul, was finally published in english in 1998. Otto rank believed that the trauma of birth was the first chapter of neurosis and that it placed us. Unlike sigmund freud, his mentor, rank viewed religion. Otto ranks 1996 a psychology of difference is his first new book in over fifty years. Otto rank and the trauma of birth exploring your mind. 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.