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Sigmund Freud
1856 – 1939
Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)
- Austrian Empire · Cisleithania · Austria · Nazi Germany
- European Theory & Influence
- Psychoanalytic Criticism
- Literary Theory
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About
Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies arising from conflicts in the psyche through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.
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1856 – 1939
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