Psychology and the Soul - Otto Rank's Seelenglaube Und Psychologie

PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOUL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOUL Otto Kank s SEELENGLAUBE UNO PSYCHOLOGIE Translated by WILL AM D. TURNER PH LADELPH A UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS 1950 TRANSLATORS PREFACE WHILE eighteen years have passed since Dr. Otto Rank pub lished his Seelenglaube und Psychologic, the durability of his theses, and the shift in psychological thinking from German-to English-speaking peoples, have seemed to justify the present translation. Because a psychological point of view is not a matter of sheer intellect, psychological convictions are apt to be firm, and psychological pioneers correspondingly rare. One really discovers a new point of view only through the painful relinquishment of an old one, and a translator as such can only prepare for this discovery to the extent of putting the new point of view into the learners native language when it is not already there. If the present translation docs just this much, and helps thereby to minimize the duplication of creative effort t This antiquarian volume contains Otto Rank's seminal psychological treatise,'Psychology And The Soul'. Published due to the significant shift in psychological thinking, from German to English-speaking peoples, this accessible translation will be of considerable utility to students of psychology. It is not to be missed by discerning collectors and those with a keen interest in the work of Otto Rank. Otto Rank (1884 - 1939) was an influential Austrian psychoanalyst, writer, and teacher, as well as one of Sigmund Freud's closest colleagues. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.