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Bruno Bettelheim

Born

in Vienna, Austria

August 28, 1903

Died

March 13, 1990

Genre

Psychology, Health, Mind & Body, Parenting & Families

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Bruno Bettelheim (1903-1990) was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer. He gained an international reputation for his views on autism and for his claimed success in treating emotionally disturbed children.

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Bruno Bettelheim’s books

Average rating: 4.06 · 13,524 ratings · 1,016 reviews · 114 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales 3.83 avg rating — 6,218 ratings — published 1975 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freud and Man's Soul: An Important Re-Interpretation of Freudian Theory 3.96 avg rating — 379 ratings — published 1982 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Informed Heart 4.25 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1960 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Empty Fortress: Infantile Autism and the Birth of the Self 2.88 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 1965 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freud's Vienna & Other Essays 3.71 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1989 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Children of the Dream 3.85 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1969 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surviving and Other Essays 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1952 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love Is Not Enough: The Treatment of Emotionally Disturbed Children 4.22 avg rating — 36 ratings — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Symbolic Wounds: Puberty Rites and the Envious Male 3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1954 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of the Obvious: Developing Insight for Psychotherapy and Everyday Life 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The child intuitively comprehends that although these stories are unreal, they are not untrue ...”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

tags: children, comprehension, education, fiction, learning, nonfiction, on-fiction, reading, reality, truth

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“The ability to read becomes devalued when what one has learned to read adds nothing of importance to one's life.”
― Bruno Bettelheim

tags: literature, reading, reading-books

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“The unrealistic nature of these tales (which narrowminded rationalists object to) is an important device, because it makes obvious that the fairy tales’ concern is not useful information about the external world, but the inner process taking place in an individual.”
― Bruno Bettelheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

tags: fairy-tales, psychology

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La nuova fabbrica dei sogni. Miti e riti delle serie tv americane di Aldo Grasso

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La fisica del diavolo di Jim Al-Khalili

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Il libro delle rupi di C.W. Ceram

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4 votes, 3.5%

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