Description: (Austrian Psychoanalyst)
Otto Gross, an Austrian psychoanalyst, was renowned for his unconventional methods and defiance of traditional psychoanalytic principles. He played a key role in promoting early anti-psychiatry and sexual liberation movements, advocating for an anarchist approach to depth psychology that opposed psychological repression. Influenced by thinkers such as Max Stirner, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Peter Kropotkin, Gross inspired figures like D. H. Lawrence and Franz Kafka. Despite facing rejection from the psychoanalytic community, his ideas left a lasting imprint on countercultural movements in the 20th century.