Gustav Morf

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Gustav Morf (born January 11, 1900 in Winterthur , † January 7, 1978 in Montreal , entitled to live in Illnau-Effretikon ) was a Swiss doctor , psychologist , journalist and politician for the LdU .

Life

After Gustav Morf had passed the Matura in Schaffhausen in 1918 , he began studying modern languages, psychology and philosophy at the Universities of Bern and Neuchâtel before earning the grammar school teacher diploma in Bern.

He then worked as a teacher in Vaud , Poland and England . He then worked as a journalist in Bern from 1929, including working for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . A book about the writer Joseph Conrad was published in London in 1930.

Finally, between 1932 and 1938, as a student of Carl Gustav Jung and Carlo Sganzini , he studied medicine and psychology in Bern. Subsequently, he ran a doctor's office. Morf wrote two psychological textbooks .

In 1953 Gustav Morf emigrated with his family to Montreal in Canada, where he worked as a psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. He dealt with the phenomenon of terrorism in the province of Québec in the 1960s and published a study on it. For several years he directed the Cercle Jungien in Montreal.

Political offices

Gustav Morf, a member of the National Ring of Independents, represented his party in the Bernese Grand Council from 1942 to 1950 . In addition, Morf took a seat on the National Council for the canton from 1951 to 1953 .

Works (selection)

  • The Polish Heritage of Joseph Conrad, 1930
  • Living and Inanimate Youth: 5 Essays on Life Problems, 1934
  • The handwriting changes in chorea minor, dissertation , 1939
  • Outline of Psychology, 1943
  • Epidemic poliomyelitis (anterior acuta poliomyelitis), 1944
  • Practical character studies, 1945
  • The Schizophrenia: The Schizophrenic Mental Disorders and Allied Conditions and Their Relationship to Crime, Literature and Technology, 1945
  • Le Terrorisme Québecois, 1970
  • The Polish shades and ghosts of Joseph Conrad, 1976
  • Let's Face It, we're all growing older, 1977

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SURNAME Morf, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor, psychologist, journalist and politician from the LdU
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1978
Place of death Montreal