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Bettelheim, Bruno
US (Austrian-born) child psychologist and Holocaust survivor
1903 - Bruno Bettelheim was born on the 28th of August.
1944 - He become a naturalized citizen of America.
- Became a professor of psychology, teaching at the University of Chicago.
1976 - Wrote "The Uses of Enchantment" recast fairy tales in terms of Freudian psychology.
- Awarded the U.S. Critic's Choice Prize for criticism.
1977 - The National Book Award in the category of Contemporary Thought.
1990 - He suffered from depression and committed suicide on 13th of March.
He studied psychological purpose of fairy tales.
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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim (Paperback - Apr 23, 1989) The great child psychologist gives us a moving revelation of the enormous and irreplaceable value of fairy tales - how they educate, support and liberate the emotions of children...  |
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Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory by Bruno Bettelheim (Mass Market Paperback - Dec 12, 1983) Argues that mistranslation has distorted Freud's work in English and led students to see a system intended to cooperate flexibly with individual needs as a set of rigid rules to be applied by...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Good Enough Parent : A Book on Child Rearing by Bruno Bettelheim (Paperback - Mar 12, 1988) In this book, the preeminent child psychologist of our time gives us the results of his lifelong effort to determine what is most crucial in successful child-rearing. His purpose is not to give...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Not the Thing I Was: Thirteen Years at Bruno Bettelheim's Orthogenic School by Stephen Eliot (Hardcover - Mar 19, 2003) He was called crazy. As a child, he probably was.Sent at age eight to Bruno Bettelheim's Orthogenic School among autistics and schizophrenics, Eliot found himself in a world without drugs or locks on...  |
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