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Sigmund Freud

ジークムント・フロイト

Jīkumunto Furoito

Aliases: Sigismund Schlomo Freud

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1856-05-06 (Freiberg in Mähren)
Died
1939-09-23 (Hampstead, London) age 83
Nationality
Austrian
Languages
German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Latin, Greek
Religion
Atheism
Residence History
Freiberg → Leipzig → Vienna → London (Hampstead)

Career

Occupations
Neurologist, Psychoanalyst, Psychotherapist
Active Years
1881-1939
Affiliations
University of Vienna, International Psychoanalytical Association
Memberships
B'nai B'rith, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
Influenced By
Franz Brentano, Ernst Brücke, Jean-Martin Charcot
Influenced
Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Anna Freud

Education

University of Vienna
Medical Faculty / Physiology and Anatomy
Degree: MD
Period: 1873-1881
Year of Graduation: 1881
Country: Austria
Studied philosophy under Franz Brentano, physiology under Ernst Brücke, zoology under Carl Claus

Awards

Goethe Prize
1930
Organization: City of Frankfurt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Interpretation of Dreams

1899 Psychoanalysis 608 pages

Dreams are the fulfillment of repressed wishes

UnconsciousDream interpretation

Bibliography

  • The Interpretation of Dreams
  • Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Free associationDream interpretation
Recurring Motifs
UnconsciousId, Ego, SuperegoOedipus complex

Health

  • Oral cancer
    1923-1939
    Jaw cancer due to smoking habit. Underwent 33 surgeries, used prosthetic palate. Impacted speech and work

Legacy

Founder of psychoanalysis, profoundly influenced modern psychology and psychiatry

Museums

  • Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna) Berggasse 19, Vienna IX Opened in 1971
  • Freud Museum (London) 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London Opened in 1986

Archives

  • Freud Museum Vienna

In Popular Culture

  • Portrayed by Viggo Mortensen in A Dangerous Method

Quotes

  • Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious
    Source: The Interpretation of Dreams (1899)

Trivia

  • Born with a caul, seen as a good omen
  • Read Shakespeare in English, influencing his psychology