Abram Kardiner
Abram Kardiner · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst who linked psychoanalysis and cultural anthropology
1891, New York City, United States — 1981, Easton, Connecticut, United States
United States · Austria
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Abram Kardiner, a psychoanalyst analyzed by Freud himself, pioneered the linking of psychoanalysis with cultural anthropology, developing the concept of the 'basic personality structure' shaped by each society's institutions. Born to poor Jewish immigrants on New York's Lower East Side, he co-founded the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. His interdisciplinary seminars influenced a generation of anthropologists.
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Psychoanalyst who linked psychoanalysis and cultural anthropology
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