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1917 work by Sigmund Freud From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mourning and Melancholia (‹See Tfd›German: Trauer und Melancholie) is a 1917 work of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.[1]
Author | Sigmund Freud |
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Original title | Trauer und Melancholie |
Language | German |
Subjects | Mourning Melancholia |
Publication date | 1917 |
Publication place | Germany |
In this essay, Freud argues that mourning and melancholia are similar but different responses to loss. In mourning, a person deals with the grief of losing of a specific love object, and this process takes place in the conscious mind. In melancholia, a person grieves for a loss they are unable to fully comprehend or identify, and thus this process takes place in the unconscious mind. Mourning is considered a healthy and natural process of grieving a loss, while melancholia is considered pathological.
It has been argued by some writers that Freud's description of mourning in this work is not compatible with current models of mourning.[2][3]
The book link is to Sigmund Freud's essay "Mourning and Melacholia" which has been extracted from the book.
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