Otto Fenichel
Otto Fenichel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Psychoanalyst who systematized psychoanalytic theory of neurosis
1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1946, Los Angeles, California, United States
Austria · Germany · United States
Otto Fenichel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Psychoanalyst who systematized psychoanalytic theory of neurosis
Fenichel was a psychoanalyst of the second generation whose encyclopedic 'The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis' (1945) systematized and remains a classic reference for psychoanalytic thought. He was a leading figure of the politically engaged 'left Freudians'. Born into a Jewish family in Vienna, he fled Nazism through Europe before settling in the United States.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
This page is published in seven languages from an English source. The translations are reviewed, but a mistake can still slip through. If you spot one on this profile — a wrong word, a lost date, a sentence that says something the English does not — please tell us.
Psychoanalyst who systematized psychoanalytic theory of neurosis
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Psychology
Similar Contributors
David Rapaport
Howard Raiffa
Lawrence Kubie
Margaret Mahler
Max Eitingon
