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The Trauma of Birth
Otto Rank

The Trauma of Birth

ROBERT BRUNNER (1952)
048627974X
| Hardcover
224 pages | 137 x 210 mm | English
Dewey 150.19/5
LC Classification BF173 .R35813 1993
LC Control No. 93021385

Subject

  • Psychoanalysis - History

Plot

A prot�g� of Freud, Rank parted ways with his mentor over the controversial theory in this book—that the emotional disorder known as anxiety neurosis is caused by profound psychological trauma which occurs at birth. Thought-provoking coverage of infantile anxiety, sexual gratification, neurotic reproduction, religious sublimation, other topics.