Kardiner, Abram, 1891-

Contributed to

The people of Alor
Book 1944

Summary: Abram Kardiner was a psychiatrist and psychoanalytic therapist. An active publisher of academic research, he co-founded the Psychoanalytic and Psychosomatic Clinic for Training and Research in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University in New York City. Kardiner was deeply interested in cross-cultural diagnosis and the psychoanalytic study of culture. While teaching at Columbia, he developed a course on the application of psychoanalysis to the study of culture and worked closely with anthropologists throughout his career. Wikipedia
Encyclopædia Britannica: Biography [1]
Gender or Sex: Male [2][4][1]; Unknown [3]
Born: 1891 [3]; 1891-08-17 [1]
Birth Place: New York City [1]; New York [4]
Died: 1981 [3]; 1981-07-20 [1]
Death Place: Easton [1]; Easton (Conn.) [4]
Country: United States [3]
Language: English [4]
Occupation: anthropologist [1]; psychiatrist [1]; psychologist [1]
Profession: Psychiater [3]
Employer: Columbia University [1]
Educated at: Cornell University [1]
Country of Education: United States [1]

Sources: 1. Wikidata; 2. VIAF; 3. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 4. Bibliothèque nationale de France

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