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A 4 page paper which examines the psychoanalyst’s life and works. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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influential figures of the twentieth century. Of his impact, biographer Douglas Hill (1997) wrote, "Before Freud, people thought of themselves as independent actors in their lives. Freud taught
that the opposite was true. He said we each carry with us experiences that determine our actions, experiences we have forgotten or, if we remember at all, recall them incorrectly"
(p. 72). Freud was truly a pioneer without peer, a man whose radical concepts of the human mind often inspired more criticism than praise. He was and remains
an enigmatic figure that is still being condemned for his assumptions and often controversial conclusions. But there can be little doubt that Sigmund Freuds mark on the collective psyche
has been lasting and profoundly influenced the direction of psychoanalysis as evidenced by the research of Alfred Adler, Carl Jung and Otto Rank. Sigmund Freud was born in the Czech
Republic on May 6, 1856, the son of a middle-aged, working-class Jewish merchant, Jakob, and his much younger wife, Amalie (Hill, 1997). It has widely believed that Freuds lifelong
fascination with sexuality began with the interaction he observed between his two half-brothers who were approximately the same age as his mother, and that his Oedipus complex theory is rooted
in Freuds fervent desire to excel in order to win his mothers favor. The Freud family moved to Vienna, which would be the center of Freuds academic, personal and
professional universes for nearly all of his life. After receiving his medical degree, Freud wanted to pursue his first love of research, but practical considerations like marriage to Martha
Bernays in 1886 and the birth of six children in rapid succession prompted the young doctor to join a Viennese hospital staff, where he gained an ominous reputation for his
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