Paul Diel 640360 162862386 2007-10-07T13:44:11Z Robert K S 168790 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 162840446 by [[Special:Contributions/Lycurgus|Lycurgus]] ([[User talk:Lycurgus|talk]]) refers to something quite different [[Image:Diel-bust-by-Jane-Diel.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Bust of Paul Diel, by Jane Diel]] '''Paul Diel''' ([[July 11]], [[1893]] - [[January 5]], [[1972]]) was a [[France|French]] psychologist of [[Austria]]n origin who developed the method of [[introspective analysis]] and the [[psychology of motivation]]. ==Life== [[Image:Paul Diel Le symbolisme dans la mythologie grecque first edition cover.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Cover art for ''Symbolism in Greek Mythology'' first French edition]] Diel was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]], on [[July 11]], [[1893]], to a teacher of [[Germany|German]] origin and an unknown man. He was [[orphan]]ed at the age of 13 after spending 8 years in a religious orphanage, but was able to complete high school through the support of a benefactor. Hindered by poor eyesight, Diel did not pursue higher education, but instead became an actor, novelist, and poet before [[autodidacticism|teaching himself]] [[philosophy]]. Inspired by the philosophers [[Plato]], [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]] and [[Baruch Spinoza|Spinoza]], and also by the psychologists [[Sigmund Freud|Freud]], [[Alfred Adler|Adler]] and [[Carl Jung|Jung]], he delved into his own psychological research and established the basis of the introspective analysis method that helped him develop his theories of the [[psychology of motivation]]. Diel practiced psychotherapy at the central hospital of [[Vienna]], and in 1935 he sent his work on introspective analysis to [[Albert Einstein]]. Einstein greatly appreciated Diel's work and they established a correspondence that did not end until Einstein's death in 1955. In 1938, after the [[Nazi German]] ''[[Anschluss]]'' of [[Austria]], Diel escaped to [[France]] and worked at [[Saint Anne]]'s psychiatric hospital in [[Paris]]. Unfortunately, because he was a foreign national, he became imprisoned in the Gurs camp in southern France as a foreign refugee during [[World War II]]. After his release, he was able to join [[Centre national de la recherche scientifique|CNRS]] in 1945 with the backing of Einstein and [[Irène Joliot-Curie]]. At CNRS he worked as a children's psychotherapist in [[Henri Wallon (psychologist)|Henri Wallon]]'s laboratory. Diel continued working as a researcher and psychotherapist and had trained a group of students and published books on various subjects like [[education]], [[symbolism]] and [[evolution]] when he died of [[cancer]] in Paris on [[January 5]],[[1972]]. ==Further reading== ===Works=== *Diel, P. (1989). ''Fear and Anxiety: Primary Triggers of Survival and Evolution'' (B. Donvez, Trans.). Claremont, CA: Hunter House. ISBN 0-89793-051-7. *Diel, P. (1986). ''The God-Symbol: Its History and its Significance'' (N. Marans, Trans.). San Francisco: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-06-254805-0. *Diel, P. (1987). ''Journal of a Psychoanalysis'' (R. Gravel, Trans.). Boston: Shambhala. ISBN 0-87773-370-8. *Diel, P. (1991). ''The Psychology of Motivation'' (Paul Diel Society, Trans.). Claremont, CA: Hunter House. ISBN 0-89793-057-6. *Diel, P. (1987). ''The Psychology of Re-education'' (R. Rosenthal, Trans.). Boston/New York: Shambhala/Random House. ISBN 0-87773-367-8. *Diel, P. (1992). ''Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and Medicine'' (K. McKinley, Trans.). Alameda, CA: Hunter House. ISBN 0-89793-058-4. *Diel, P. (1980). ''Symbolism in Greek Mythology: Human Desire and its Transformations'' (V. Stuart, M. Stuart & R. Folkman, Trans.). Boulder/New York: Shambhala/Random House. ISBN 0-87773-178-0 & ISBN 0-394-51083-6. *Diel, P. (1986). ''Symbolism in the Bible: The Universality of Symbolic Language and its Psychological Significance'' (N. Marans, Trans.). San Francisco: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-86683-475-3. ===Co-authored works=== *Diel, P, & Solotareff, J. (1988). ''Symbolism in the Gospel of John'' (N. Marans, Trans.). San Francisco: Harper & Row. ISBN 0-86683-509-1. ===Related works=== *Solotareff, J. (1991). ''L'aventure interieure: La methode introspective de Paul Diel''. Paris: Editions Payot. ISBN 2-228-88398-0. *Solotareff, J. (1994). ''Le symbolisme dans les rêves: La méthode de traduction de Paul Diel''. Paris: Editions Payot. ISBN 2-228-88813-3. *Solotareff, J. (2004). ''Une lecture symbolique des Évangiles: Selon la méthode introspective de Paul Diel''. Paris: Editions du Cerf. ISBN 2-204-07301-6. ==External links== * [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/introspective.psychology/anglais.htm The Association for Introspective Psychology] * [http://psychomotivation.free.fr/ The Association of the Psychology of Motivation] {{fr icon}} * [http://www.alberteinstein.info/db/QueryAnyText.do?criteria=DIEL+PAUL&x=0&y=0 Correspondence between Diel and Einstein in the Albert Einstein Archives at the Jewish National & University Library, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem] ==References== *''405-2.1 Paul Diel''. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2004, from http://news.taovillage.com/news/site_arbos/arbo/405surquoicompter/405-2.1PaulDiel.htm. *''FirstSearch [OCLC - Reference]''. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2004, from http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/. *''Site of the Association for Introspective Psychoanalysis''. (n.d.). Retrieved May 8, 2004, from http://perso.wanadoo.fr/introspective.psychology. {{DEFAULTSORT:Diel, Paul}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1972 deaths]] [[Category:French psychologists]] [[Category:French philosophers]] [[fr:Paul Diel]]