Beyond Psychology

295 Pages·1958·16.163 MB·English

by  Otto Rank

Otto Rank [ 1884 - 1939]
Beyond
Psychology
BY OTTO RANK
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Copyright (c) 1941 by Estelle B. Rank.
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unabridged and unaltered republication of the work
which was originally privately printed in 1941 by
E. Hauser, Philadelphia.
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THE WORKS OF OTTO RANK
1884-1939
Der Kiinstler, 1907.
Der Mythus der Geburtdes Heldens, 1909. English translation,
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero, 1914.
Italian Translation, 1921.
Ein Traum der Selbst deutet, Jahrbuch fur Psa II, 1910.
Die Lohengrin Sage, 1911.
Das Inzestmotiv in Dichtung und Sage, 1912. French translation, 1934.
Die Bedeutung der Psychoanalyse fur die Geisteswissenschaften (with
H. Sachs), 1913. English translation, 1915.
Psychoanalytische Beitrage zur Mythenforschung: Gesammelte Studien
aus den Jahren 1912-14, 1919.
Der Doppelganger, in Imago, 1914.
Homer: Psychologische Beitrage zur Entstehungsgeschichte des
Volksepos, in Imago V, 1917.
Das Volksepos: Die dichterische Phantasiebildung, in Imago V, 1917.
Don Juan-Gestalt, in Imago VIII, ’1922. In book form, 1924.
Eine Neurosenanalyse in Traumen, 1924.
Sexualitat und Schuldegefiihl, 1926.
Entwicklungsziele der Psychoanalyse (with S. Ferenczi), 1924.
English translation, The Development of Psychoanalysis, 1925.
Das Trauma der Geburt, 1924. French translation, 1928.
English translation, The Trauma of Birth, 1929.
Technik der Psychoanalyse. Vol. I, 1926. Vol. II, 1929. Vol. Ill, 1931.
English translation, Will Therapy, 1936.
Grundzuge einer genetischen Psychologie auf Grund der Psychoanalyse
der Ich-Struktur. Vol. I, Genetische Psychologie, 1927. (Given in
lecture form in English for the New York School of Social Work,
4 The Works of Otto Rank
1926.) Vol. II, Gestaltung und Ausdruck der Personlichkeit, 1928.
(Given in lecture form for the New York School of Social Work
and the Pennsylvania School of Social Work, 1927.) Vol. Ill, Wahr-
heit und Wirklichkeit, 1929. (Given in lecture form for the Penn¬
sylvania School of Social Work, 1929.) English translation, Truth
and Reality, 1936.
Seelenglaube und Psychologie, 1931.
Modern Education, 1931.
Art and Artist, 1932.
TO SANDRA

Contents
Foreword 9
Preface 11
1. Psychology and Social Change 17
2. The Double as Immortal Self 62
3. The Emergence of the Social Self 102
4. The Creation of Personality 144
5. Two Kinds of Love 173
6. The Creation of the Sexual Self 202
7. Feminine Psychology and Masculine Ideology 235
8. Psychology Beyond the Self 271