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Géza Róheim
Who
Géza Róheim · Philosophy & Social Sciences
What
Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
When
1891, Budapest, Hungary — 1953, New York City, United States
Where
Hungary · United States
Biography
Géza Róheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
How & why
Róheim was a pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology, combining Freudian theory with extensive fieldwork among Aboriginal Australians and other peoples. Born into a Hungarian Jewish family in Budapest, he emigrated to the United States. He was the first anthropologist to apply psychoanalysis systematically to ethnographic data.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
Contributions & Sources
Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
1891
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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