Otto Rank: 7 books

Book cover of The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

The Myth of the Birth of the Hero

A Psychological Exploration of Myth

by Otto Rank
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015

First published in German in 1909, Otto Rank's original The Myth of the Birth of the Hero offered psychoanalytical interpretations of mythological stories as a means of understanding the human psyche. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Rank compared the myths of such figures as Oedipus, Moses, and Sargon...
Book cover of La nascita del mito dell'eroe
by Otto Rank
Language: Italian
Release Date: April 2, 2018

Come nascono gli “eroi” Questo testo è unanimemente considerato uno degli studi più profondi e completi sul tema della nascita del mito dell’eroe secondo un’interpretazione piscoanalitica. Presentando il metodo interpretativo adottato, Rank fonda la legittimità della psicoanalisi come strumento...
Book cover of Beyond Psychology
by Otto Rank
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012

Psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, teacher, Otto Rank (1884–1939) wrote on such subjects as the artist, myth, the hero, sexuality, guilt, dreams, neurosis, and the technique and history of psychoanalysis. His ideas stimulated new lines of investigation not only in psychology but also in social...
Book cover of The Myth of the Birth of the Hero - A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology
by Otto Rank
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013

Originally published in 1914, this fascinating volume in the Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series presents a psychological interpretation of characters from classical mythology, from Oedipus to Perseus, and Hercules to Jesus. Authored by Dr Otto Rank (1884-1939), an associate of Sigmund Freud,...
Book cover of Essere felici

Essere felici

La forza creativa della volontà

by Otto Rank
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 13, 2015

Per Otto Rank il lavoro analitico, fondato sulla relazione trasformativa di terapeuta e paziente, non deve limitarsi alla comprensione del passato, ma sviluppare la creatività per puntare alla costruzione di un presente felice. Nel 1929, affrontando in questo saggio i temi della felicità e della...
Book cover of The Double

The Double

A Psychoanalytic Study

by Otto Rank
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012

Alive, fresh, and stimulating, the theme of The Double comprises the issues of identity, narcissism, and the fear of death--actually the core of human existence. Rank's book is primarily a study of the double as it appeared in striking examples in German, French, Russian, English, and American literature...
Book cover of Il Mito della Nascita degli Eroi
by Otto Rank
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 17, 2017

Il libro tratta del fatto che “quasi tutti i principali popoli civili... fin da tempi remoti hanno celebrato nella poesia e nella leggenda i loro campioni, re e principi mitici, fondatori di religioni, di dinastie, di imperi, di città, in breve i loro eroi nazionali. In particolar modo la storia...
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