Talk:Heinz Kohut
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[edit] Oh come on
His influence has been compared to that of Sigmund Freud. And found lacking. Removing until someone can demonstrate that their influence is in the same league, which I cannot imagine. -- Cleduc 22:20, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Austrian or German?
I am a bit shocked to see that the English Wikipedia lists Kohut as German, while German Wikipedia lists Kohut as Austrian. Who is right? Andries 03:01, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Expansion is needed!
This seems like an excellent place to start if anyone wants to tackle a major improvement on this article. Ziggurat 22:11, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rationale behind some changes
I have a doctorate in psychology and I use a lot of dynamic theory in practice, so I figured I qualified as an expert. :-)
I rewrote almost everything and removed most of the text that focused on self psychology as a theory, since there is a separate entry in Wiki for that, and this one is supposed to be on the theorist, not the theory. I looked over the entry on the theory, and that needs work, too, but that's for another evening.
I referenced my sources.
Austrian or German? He was from Vienna, which is the capital of Austria. He was Jewish, and he had to get out before the Nazis put him in a camp, just like Freud!
He was important to dynamic theory, and some would probably argue that he is as important as Freud to the modern incarnations of said theory, particularly since most people use either self psych or object relations today. Carl Rogers was a pioneer for caring about his clients and treating them with empathy, which is core to all psychological practice today, so Kohut introducing that concept into the stodgy old, already developed analytic/dynamic world was pretty groundbreaking. I get the impression from what I've read that he had great charisma and that helped him. (So did Freud, I believe.)
Katsesama 08:43, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
== Inconsistency in text: ==
"Kohut expanded on his theory during the 1970s and 1980s" "He fell into a coma on the evening of October 7, 1981, and died of cancer on the morning of October 8."
Also: no transition to "In the final week of his life, knowing that his time was at an end..."
and no DOB / DOD at the top.
