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Sigmund Freud
1856 – 1939
About this person
Wikipedia SummarySigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 6, 1856
Příbor
Date of death
September 23, 1939
London
Citizenship
Austrian Empire · Cisleithania · Austria · Nazi Germany
Occupations & fields
psychoanalystneurologistessayistphilosopherpsychologistpsychiatrist
Awards & honours
Goethe Prize of the City of FrankfurtForeign Member of the Royal Society
Notable works
The Interpretation of DreamsCivilization and Its DiscontentsTotem and TabooThree Essays on the Theory of SexualityThe Ego and the Idid, ego and super-ego
- Field and occupation
- rakúsky neurológ
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