# Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924)

Date: 1924

## The fact

In 1924 Otto Rank broke with [Freud](/people/sigmund-freud)'s circle after The Trauma of Birth. The instrument is that split. Rank remains the named author of the 1924 book. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He withdrew confidence from Rank, long the committee secretary. Rank authored the 1924 book. The split is shared.

## Context

Rank had sat on the secret committee. Sharing that earlier office is required. Lay Analysis is a neighbouring 1926 book, not this break. The setting of Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924) is the public file around 1924-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver [political-polarization](/drivers/political-polarization) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, Rank neighbourhood at https://iep.utm.edu/freud/ (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Britannica — Sigmund Freud, later breaks neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Official carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, Rank neighbourhood (https://iep.utm.edu/freud/; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Britannica — Sigmund Freud, later breaks neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

Official or archival record: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, Rank neighbourhood (https://iep.utm.edu/freud/; Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

## Significance

Worsening path from Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924) on 1924-01-01. Another named heir-split is a polarisation path. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924) under 1924-01-01 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924) under 1924-01-01.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin with Jung as one event. The Trauma of Birth is Rank's book. Mixed effects of Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924) are separate paths.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

The attached driver is political-polarization. The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Shared responsibility is part of Otto Rank breaks with Freud's circle after The Trauma of Birth (1924). Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1924-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## People

- Sigmund Freud: https://factrail.ai/people/sigmund-freud

## Drivers

- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://iep.utm.edu/freud/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-rank-1924