Géza Róheim
Géza Róheim · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
1891, Budapest, Hungary — 1953, New York City, United States
Hungary · United States
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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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Pioneer of psychoanalytic anthropology
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Anthropology
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