Erich Neumann (psychologist)
Erich Neumann (born January 23, 1905 in Berlin ; † November 5, 1960 in Tel-Aviv ) was a German - Israeli psychologist and psychoanalyst . He is considered the most important and, above all, the most independent student of CG Jung . Neumann managed to found his own school. He was supposed to inherit the technical legacy of his mentor Jung, but died a year before him.
Life
Erich Neumann studied philosophy , psychology and medicine . In 1927 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate and put 1933 in Berlin his first state examination in medicine from. In Heidelberg he belonged to Hannah Arendt's circle of friends . In 1933 he went to Switzerland, where he received training in depth psychology from CG Jung in 1933/34. In 1934 conditions in Germany forced him to emigrate to Palestine , where he had a private practice for psychotherapy in Tel Aviv.
Its origin history of consciousness (1949) was particularly popular . It is one of the books that are regarded as the basis of various depth psychological literature.
From 1948 until 1960, the year of his death, Neumann took part in the Eranos conferences with a total of fourteen lectures .
In 1928 Erich Neumann married the psychoanalyst and chirologist Julie Blumenfeld (1905–1985). The marriage has two children.
Works
- Depth Psychology and New Ethics. Rhine, Zurich 1949
- Origin of Consciousness. With a foreword by CG Jung. Rascher, Zurich, 1949
- Cupid and Psyche. 1952
- Orbiting the center. 3 vols., 1953/54
- The great mother. The archetype of the great feminine. Rhein, Zurich 1956
- The creative man. 1959
- Henry Moore's archetypal world. 1961, published posthumously
- Crisis and renewal. 1961, published posthumously
- The child. Structure and dynamics of the developing personality. 1963, published posthumously in 1980
literature
- Micha Neumann: Neumann, Erich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 142 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Neumann, Erich. In: Lexicon of German-Jewish Authors . Volume 17: Meid – Phil. Edited by the Bibliographia Judaica archive. De Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-22697-7 , pp. 310-316.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Neumann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by Erich Neumann published on the Internet
- Memorial plaque unveiling
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eranos Yearbooks 1948–1962 (Eranos Yearbook 1948, Volume 16 to Eranos Yearbook 1962, Volume 31), overview of articles and authors
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neumann, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli psychologist and psychoanalyst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1960 |
| Place of death | Tel-Aviv |