George Weinberg

George Henry Weinberg (born May 17, 1929 in Manhattan , New York City , † March 20, 2017 there ) was an American psychologist , psychotherapist and author of several books.

biography

In New York City , he met members of the Gay Activists Alliance in the 1960s . When he observed their struggle for recognition of the rights of homosexual people, he used the word homophobia . In the years to come, the word became a worldwide term used to describe the rejection of homosexual people.

According to his own statements, Weinberg began to use the word from around 1966 or 1967, according to Nichol's statements from 1967, in this case a combination of the Greek words homós (“equal”) and phobia (“fear”). Weinberg published the word in his book Society and the Healthy Homosexual in 1972 .

According to Weinberg's recollections, in September 1965, while preparing a lecture at an event organized by the East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), he pondered the fact that many heterosexual psychoanalysts at the time showed strong negative personal reactions when they were with homosexuals outside of the clinical setting and it occurred to him that this could be described as a phobia.

"I coined the word" homophobia "to express that it was a fear of homosexuals ... It was a fear of homosexuals that seemed to be linked to a fear of contamination, a fear of devaluing the things one fought for - home and family. It was a religious fear and it had led to great inhumanity, as fear always does. "

- George Weinberg: in an interview with Gregory M. Herek on October 30, 1998.

Weinberg published other works in various subject areas. He wrote twelve books, including Statistics: An Intuitive Approach , which was read by many students in the decades that followed. Weinberg also wrote Self Creation and two books on Shakespeare , including Will Power: Using Shakespeare's Insights to Transform Your Life? and Why Men Won't Commit . Weinberg wrote for various specialist magazines and is often quoted by Cosmopolitan magazine . Weinberg wrote for television programs, most recently in 2006 for the Keith Ablow Show .

George Weinberg was married and had several children.

Works

• The Action Approach , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1969
• The Heart of Psychotherapy: A Journey into the Mind and Office of a Therapist at Work , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1984, reissued 1996
• Invisible Masters: Compulsions and the Fear that Drives Them , New York: Grove / Atlantic Press, 1993
• Nearer to the Heart's Desire , New York. Grove / Atlantic Press, 1992
• Numberland , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987
• The Pliant Animal: Understanding the Greatest Human Asset , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981
• Self Creation , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978
• Shakespeare in Love , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991
• Society and the Healthy Homosexual , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1972, reissued 1983
• Statistics: An Intuitive Approach , Belmont, California: Brook's / Cole, fourth printing, 1981
• The Taboo Scarf , New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990
• Why Men Won't Commit: Getting what you Both Want Without Playing Games , New York: Atria Books, 2003

Together with Dianne Rowe

• The projection principle. St. Martin's Press, New York 1988
• Want power! Using Shakespeare's Insights to Transform Your Life. St. Martin's Press, New York 1996

Awards

• Outstanding Achievement Award, 1986

Individual evidence

1. ^ William Grimes: George Weinberg Dies at 86; Coined 'Homophobia' After Seeing Fear of Gays. In: The New York Times . March 22, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017 . 
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3. ↑ Jack Nichols : George Weinberg . In: VL Bullough (Ed.): Before Stonewall: Activists for gay and lesbian rights in historical context. Harrington Park Press, New York 2002, pp. 351-360.
4. ↑ The University of North Carolina Greensboro: The Wellness Center  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Article on www.time.com
6. ↑ Pflagdetroit ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ APA

Web links

• Interview with Weinberg