Bruno Bettelheim
Life
Born in Vienna in 1903. Was interned in Dachau and Buchenwald from
1938-9. Emigrated to the United States and ended up at the University
of Chicago where he headed the Orthogenic School. He pioneered a
controversial theory of autism (now defunct) which blamed mothers's
indifference. In 1990 he committed suicide, an act that surprised
many, given the optimistic tone of many of his books. Recently,
Bettelheim has again become the subject of debate in the light of two
recent biographies. (see URLs below)
- Debunking
Bruno Bettelheim--NEW, text, basic, short
- Hero
or Humbug--article
- Bruno
Bettelheim: Blaming the Victim
- Review of two new books on Bettelheim, Nina Sutton's (1996)
Bettelheim: Life and Legacy and Richard Pollack's (1997)
Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettelheim.
http://www.tikkun.org/bkbettel.html
- Dr.
B--NEW, text, basic, short, links, graphics
- In
the Case of Bruno Bettelheim--article, interm., long
- NEJM
Book Review
- Bettelheim:
A Life and Legacy
Fairy Tales
- Russian
Fairy Tales Questions: Bettelheim
- Bruno
Bettelheim on Fairy Tales
- Death
of the (M)other--NEW, text, interm., short, links
- Disney,
les chewing-gum des yeux (Fr.)--NEW, text, basic, med.,
links, graphics
Other