Book Description
A few years after Austria's disastrous defeat in the First World War, Vienna, a city hardly known for intellectual fervor or serious discourse, suddenly emerged as a mecca for psychology. This is the first book to present that history within the context of the political and social events of the time. Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Otto Rank, Karl Buhler, Erik Erikson, and Helene Deutsch were among the hundreds of famous psychologists who lived and established training centers in Vienna. Momentous historical events forced the emigration of the majority of Vienna's leading psychologists, who, largely Socialist and Jewish, emigrated when Austria was "annexed" by Germany, abruptly ending the Golden Age.
About the Author
SHELDON GARDNER is a clinical psychologist in private practice. GWENDOLYN STEVENS is Professor of Psychology and Adjunct Counselor at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.
Red Vienna and the Golden Age of Psychology, 1918-1938 FROM THE PUBLISHER
A few years after Austria's disastrous defeat in the First World War, Vienna, a city hardly known for intellectual fervor or serious discourse, suddenly emerged as a mecca for psychology. This is the first book to present that history within the context of the political and social events of the time. Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Otto Rank, Karl Buhler, Erik Erikson, and Helene Deutsch were among the hundreds of famous psychologists who lived and established training centers in Vienna. Momentous historical events forced the emigration of the majority of Vienna's leading psychologists, who, largely Socialist and Jewish, emigrated when Austria was "annexed" by Germany, abruptly ending the Golden Age.
Art & Photography
Book Info
