The Uses of Enchantment

Name: The Uses of Enchantment
Author: Bruno Bettelheim

by Bruno Bettelheim

Psychoanalytic study of fairy tales and their role in child development

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Bruno Bettelheim

Bettelheim applied psychoanalytic thinking to the interpretation of fairy tales and the treatment of disturbed children, making him one of the most widely read psychologists of the mid-20th century. The Uses of Enchantment is his enduring contribution.

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