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Karl Abraham

    May 3, 1877 – December 25, 1925

    Karl Abraham, an early and influential German psychoanalyst, was a pivotal collaborator of Sigmund Freud, who referred to him as his 'best pupil.' His work delves deeply into early developmental stages, exploring how primal relationships and satisfactions in the oral phase shape future reality perception and emotional states, fostering either self-assurance and optimism or pessimism and depression. In the anal stage, he examined conflicts surrounding cleanliness and their impact on character traits and neurotic tendencies. Abraham expanded on Freud's understanding of melancholia with the concept of the pre-oedipal 'bad' mother, paving the way for subsequent theories. He also engaged with cultural matters, analyzing myths and interpreting the spiritual activities of ancient figures.

    Psychoanalytische Studien
    Giovanni Segantini
    Psychoanalytische Studien I
    Psychoanalytische Studien II
    Briefe 1907 - 1926
    Gesammelte Schriften II