Rudolph Binion
Rudolph Binion (born 1927 in New York City , † May 2011 in Brookline, Massachusetts ) was an American historian . His areas of expertise were modern European intellectual and cultural history and psychohistory .
Life
Rudolph Binion lived in Paris for six years , where he obtained a diploma from the Institut d'études politiques and worked as a statistician for UNESCO . At Columbia University he then earned a bachelor's degree and a doctorate in 1958. After teaching at Rutgers University , MIT and Columbia University, Binion was appointed Professor of Modern European History at Brandeis University in 1967.
In his most famous and influential book - Hitler Among the Germans (1976) - Binion attempted to explain Adolf Hitler's personality and his political convictions through the means of psychoanalysis .
After a lengthy illness, Binion died in May 2011 at his home in Brookline , Massachusetts.
Publications (selection)
- Ms. Lou: Nietzsche's Wayward Disciple . Princeton University Press, Princeton 1968
-
Hitler Among the Germans , New York: Elsevier, 1976
- German translation: "... that you found me". Hitler and the Germans. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-12-910860-2
- Soundings. Psychohistorical and Psycholiterary . The Psychohistory Press, New York 1981
- Sounding the Classics: From Sophocles to Thomas Mann . Praeger, Westport CT 1997
- Past Impersonal: Group Process in Human History . Northern Illinois University Press, 2005
See also
Web links
- Obituary for Binion on the Brandeis University website
- The Courage of Rudolph Binion (short biography and interview)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Debra Filcman: Pioneer of psychohistory, Rudolph Binion dies at 84. In: Brandeis University . May 25, 2011, accessed March 16, 2014 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Binion, Rudolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2011 |
| Place of death | Brookline, Massachusetts |