Das Trauma der Geburt

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Das Trauma der Geburt is a 1924 psychoanalytic work by Otto Rank that argues the experience of birth is the fundamental source of human anxiety and a key to understanding neurosis and creativity.

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instanceOf book
psychoanalytic work
argues artistic creativity sublimates birth anxiety
birth is the prototype of later anxieties
neurotic symptoms repeat the original birth trauma
associatedWithMovement Viennese psychoanalytic movement NERFINISHED
author Otto Rank NERFINISHED
controversy contributed to Otto Rank’s break with Sigmund Freud NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Austria
criticizes centrality of the Oedipus complex in Freudian theory
discusses relationship between mother and infant
symbolism of birth in art
symbolism of birth in myth
symbolism of birth in religion
emphasizes pre-Oedipal experiences
primal anxiety
separation from the mother
field psychoanalysis
psychology
genre psychoanalysis literature
hasEnglishTitle The Trauma of Birth NERFINISHED
hasForm non-fiction prose
hasImpactOn development of object relations theory
early separation-individuation theories
influenced existential-analytic views of anxiety
later psychoanalytic discussions of birth trauma
influencedBy Freudian psychoanalysis
Sigmund Freud
language German
length book-length monograph
mainSubject anxiety
birth trauma
creativity
neurosis
psychoanalytic theory
notableFor linking creativity to early anxiety experiences
shifting focus from Oedipal to pre-Oedipal trauma
originalTitle Das Trauma der Geburt
placeOfPublication Vienna NERFINISHED
proposes birth trauma is a key to understanding creativity
birth trauma is a key to understanding neurosis
the experience of birth is the fundamental source of human anxiety
publicationYear 1924
publisher Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag NERFINISHED
theoreticalFramework psychoanalysis
timePeriod early 20th century

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The Trauma of Birth originalTitle Das Trauma der Geburt