Otto rank and man's urge to immortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4002770 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marvin Goldwert (New York Institute of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 169-177 |
| Publication date | 1985-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-5061 • E-ISSN: 1520-6696 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1520-6696(198504)21:2<169::aid-jhbs2300210207>3.0.co;2-u |
| PMID | 3889136 |
| OpenAlex | W2049835359 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Otto Rank, one of Sigmund Freud's original followers, posited the existence of an "urge to immortality" as man's deepest drive. In his Psychology and the Soul, Rank traced the desire for immortality through four historical eras, with particular emphasis on the creativity of the hero and the artist. By the end of his life, Rank had not only repudiated orthodox psychoanalysis and developed then abandoned a psychology of the will, he had moved "beyond psychology" to a religious view of history and the nature of man.
Analytical psychology · Art · Creativity · Epistemology · HERO · Immortality · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Rank (graph theory) · Soul · Theology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,05 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1991 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |