1. Maximilian Dessoir was a German philosopher, psychologist and theorist of aesthetics.
10 Facts About Max Dessoir
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Max Dessoir earned doctorates from the universities of Berlin and Wurzburg.
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Max Dessoir was a professor at Berlin from 1897 until 1933, when the Nazis forbade him to teach.
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An associate of Pierre Janet and Sigmund Freud, Max Dessoir published in 1890 a book on The Double Ego, describing the mind as divided into two layers, each with its own associative links - its own chain of memory.
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Max Dessoir considered that the 'underconsciousness' emerged in such phenomena as dreams, hypnosis, and dual personality.
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Max Dessoir's work was built on by Otto Rank in his study of the Doppelganger.
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Max Dessoir died in Konigstein im Taunus at the age of 80.
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Max Dessoir was a member of the Society for Psychical Research.
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Max Dessoir was the author of the book Vom Jenseits der Seele: Die Geheimwissenschaften in kritischer Betrachtung that went through six editions.
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Max Dessoir was interested in the history and psychology of magic.