06-07-2022, 08:59 AM
Last living grandchild of Sigmund Freud:
Miriam Sophie Freud (August 6, 1924 – June 3, 2022) was an Austrian American psychologist, educator, social scientist, and author. The granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, she was a critic of psychoanalysis, aspects of which she described as "narcissistic indulgence".[1] Her criticisms of the elder Freud's psychoanalytical doctrines made her the "black sheep" of the family and she observed how all of her female relatives, including her mother and aunt Anna, were negatively impacted by Sigmund's harmful claims about women and their internal experiences.[2]
Freud was born in Vienna, Austria, and was raised in what her mother, Ernestine "Esti" Drucker Freud [de] (1896–1980), a speech therapist,[1] referred to as an upper class Jewish ghetto. Her father, lawyer Jean Martin Freud (1889–1967), was the eldest son of Sigmund Freud. He later became the director of Freud’s Psychoanalytic Publishing House. Sophie had one elder brother, Walter (1921–2004).[citation needed]
Freud fled Vienna when it was coming under the influence of the Nazis.[1] Starting in 1942, she began living in Boston, United States, and attended Radcliffe College for her bachelor's degree, graduating in 1946.[3] Later, she studied at the Simmons University School of Social Work[4] and graduated with a master's degree in 1948 before obtaining a doctoral degree from Brandeis University in 1970.[5]
Freud then taught at Simmons College,[1] along with taking time to teach social work in Canada and across countries in Europe.[6] She went on to write a book entitled Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family for her mother,[7] which was released in Germany as In the Shadow of the Freud Family: My Mother Experiences the 20th Century.[8] She also wrote My Three Mothers and Other Passions.[9] She appeared in the 2003 film, Neighbours: Freud and Hitler in Vienna, in which she stated: “In my eyes, both Adolf Hitler and my grandfather were false prophets of the twentieth century.”
1]
Freud served as the book review editor for the American Journal of Psychotherapy.[10]
A primary focus of Freud's life's research alongside her social work activities was on re-investigating the work of her grandfather regarding women and narcissism. In the 1970's, she conducted surveys of women on their "passions" and the things they felt strongly about, showing that Sigmund Freud was incorrect in his claim that only men have "true passion".[11][12]
Freud was the last surviving granddaughter of Sigmund Freud[1] and during the last year of his life, when she was fifteen, she visited with him every Sunday for 15 minutes.[13] She was a feminist who pushed for women's rights in academia and fought against the presumption that a woman who became pregnant would be unable to continue with education or, in her case, professional social work activities.[14]
Freud married Paul Loewenstein (1921–1992) in 1945; the couple had three children.[15][16] They divorced in 1985 and Freud reverted to using her maiden name.[17] On June 3, 2022, Freud died of pancreatic cancer at her home in Lincoln, Massachusetts.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Freud
Miriam Sophie Freud (August 6, 1924 – June 3, 2022) was an Austrian American psychologist, educator, social scientist, and author. The granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, she was a critic of psychoanalysis, aspects of which she described as "narcissistic indulgence".[1] Her criticisms of the elder Freud's psychoanalytical doctrines made her the "black sheep" of the family and she observed how all of her female relatives, including her mother and aunt Anna, were negatively impacted by Sigmund's harmful claims about women and their internal experiences.[2]
Freud was born in Vienna, Austria, and was raised in what her mother, Ernestine "Esti" Drucker Freud [de] (1896–1980), a speech therapist,[1] referred to as an upper class Jewish ghetto. Her father, lawyer Jean Martin Freud (1889–1967), was the eldest son of Sigmund Freud. He later became the director of Freud’s Psychoanalytic Publishing House. Sophie had one elder brother, Walter (1921–2004).[citation needed]
Freud fled Vienna when it was coming under the influence of the Nazis.[1] Starting in 1942, she began living in Boston, United States, and attended Radcliffe College for her bachelor's degree, graduating in 1946.[3] Later, she studied at the Simmons University School of Social Work[4] and graduated with a master's degree in 1948 before obtaining a doctoral degree from Brandeis University in 1970.[5]
Freud then taught at Simmons College,[1] along with taking time to teach social work in Canada and across countries in Europe.[6] She went on to write a book entitled Living in the Shadow of the Freud Family for her mother,[7] which was released in Germany as In the Shadow of the Freud Family: My Mother Experiences the 20th Century.[8] She also wrote My Three Mothers and Other Passions.[9] She appeared in the 2003 film, Neighbours: Freud and Hitler in Vienna, in which she stated: “In my eyes, both Adolf Hitler and my grandfather were false prophets of the twentieth century.”
1]
Freud served as the book review editor for the American Journal of Psychotherapy.[10]
A primary focus of Freud's life's research alongside her social work activities was on re-investigating the work of her grandfather regarding women and narcissism. In the 1970's, she conducted surveys of women on their "passions" and the things they felt strongly about, showing that Sigmund Freud was incorrect in his claim that only men have "true passion".[11][12]
Freud was the last surviving granddaughter of Sigmund Freud[1] and during the last year of his life, when she was fifteen, she visited with him every Sunday for 15 minutes.[13] She was a feminist who pushed for women's rights in academia and fought against the presumption that a woman who became pregnant would be unable to continue with education or, in her case, professional social work activities.[14]
Freud married Paul Loewenstein (1921–1992) in 1945; the couple had three children.[15][16] They divorced in 1985 and Freud reverted to using her maiden name.[17] On June 3, 2022, Freud died of pancreatic cancer at her home in Lincoln, Massachusetts.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Freud
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.