["An isolated, original mind totally detached from the bourgoisie..". Emil Lorenz (1889-1962): Pedagogue, author, pupil of Freud].
Based on published and unpublished sources, the article gives a biographical sketch of Emil Lorenz, with particular emphasis on his relations to psychoanalysis. Lorenz attended Freud's university lectures as a student, left hand-written notes analyzing some of his dreams which in 1911 he discussed with Freud, and took part in several meetings of the Viennese Psychoanalytic Association where he also gave a talk. This was the beginning of his continued interest in the application of psychoanalysis to the humanities that resulted in the publication of various articles in Imago between 1913 and 1932. His last paper "Chaos and Rite" gave rise to a controversy with Storfer in which also Freud was involved. From 1913 onward, Lorenz worked as a teacher in Carinthia. in the 1920's he was in charge of the Carinthian department for adult education. In 1933 he joined the National Socialist Party and had to retire after the war due to his political activities.
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