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Hans Sachs

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Hans Sachs · Philosophy & Social Sciences

What

Psychoanalyst and early member of Freud's inner circle

When

1881, Vienna, Austria — 1947, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Where

Austria · Germany · United States

Biography

Hans Sachs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychoanalyst and early member of Freud's inner circle

How & why

Hans Sachs was an Austrian psychoanalyst and one of the six members of Freud's secret 'Committee' inner circle, who applied psychoanalysis to art and culture, co-founded the journal Imago and later trained analysts in Berlin and Boston. He helped spread psychoanalysis in the United States. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology

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Psychoanalyst and early member of Freud's inner circle

1881

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology