Das Trauma der Geburt
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Das Trauma der Geburt is a 1924 psychoanalytic work by Otto Rank that argues the experience of birth is the fundamental source of human anxiety and a key to understanding neurosis and creativity.
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gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Das Trauma der Geburt Context triple: [The Trauma of Birth, originalTitle, Das Trauma der Geburt]
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A.
The Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble with Being Born is a philosophical work by Emil Cioran that presents a series of aphoristic reflections on nihilism, pessimism, and the burdens of existence.
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B.
“Afterbirth”
“Afterbirth” is the thirteenth and final episode of American Horror Story’s first season, Murder House, concluding the story of the Harmon family and the haunted Los Angeles mansion.
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C.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
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D.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Das Trauma der Geburt Target entity description: Das Trauma der Geburt is a 1924 psychoanalytic work by Otto Rank that argues the experience of birth is the fundamental source of human anxiety and a key to understanding neurosis and creativity.
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A.
The Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble with Being Born is a philosophical work by Emil Cioran that presents a series of aphoristic reflections on nihilism, pessimism, and the burdens of existence.
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B.
“Afterbirth”
“Afterbirth” is the thirteenth and final episode of American Horror Story’s first season, Murder House, concluding the story of the Harmon family and the haunted Los Angeles mansion.
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C.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a socialist realist novel by Polish writer Wanda Wasilewska that portrays working-class struggle and political awakening in pre-war Eastern Europe.
-
D.
The Mother
The Mother, born Mirra Alfassa, was a spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo and a central figure in Integral Yoga, revered as the spiritual head of the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India.
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E.
The Mother
"The Mother" is a politically charged play by Bertolt Brecht that follows a working-class woman’s radicalization into socialist activism amid early 20th-century labor struggles.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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psychoanalytic work ⓘ |
| argues |
artistic creativity sublimates birth anxiety
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birth is the prototype of later anxieties ⓘ neurotic symptoms repeat the original birth trauma ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
Viennese psychoanalytic movement
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linked to:
Vienna Psychoanalytic Society
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| author | Otto Rank ⓘ |
| controversy |
contributed to Otto Rank’s break with Sigmund Freud
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linked to:
Sándor Ferenczi
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| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| criticizes | centrality of the Oedipus complex in Freudian theory ⓘ |
| discusses |
relationship between mother and infant
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symbolism of birth in art ⓘ symbolism of birth in myth ⓘ symbolism of birth in religion ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
pre-Oedipal experiences
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primal anxiety ⓘ separation from the mother ⓘ |
| field |
psychoanalysis
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psychology ⓘ |
| genre | psychoanalysis literature ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Trauma of Birth ⓘ |
| hasForm | non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
development of object relations theory
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early separation-individuation theories ⓘ |
| influenced |
existential-analytic views of anxiety
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later psychoanalytic discussions of birth trauma ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| length | book-length monograph ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
anxiety
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birth trauma ⓘ creativity ⓘ neurosis ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking creativity to early anxiety experiences
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shifting focus from Oedipal to pre-Oedipal trauma ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Das Trauma der Geburt ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | Vienna ⓘ |
| proposes |
birth trauma is a key to understanding creativity
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birth trauma is a key to understanding neurosis ⓘ the experience of birth is the fundamental source of human anxiety ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1924 ⓘ |
| publisher | Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag ⓘ |
| theoreticalFramework | psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
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