Психоаналитичното наследство на Иван Кинкел (1883 – 1945)
The Psychoanalytic Legacy of Ivan Kinkel (1883 – 1945)

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the psychoanalytic oeuvre of Ivan Germanovich Kinkel (1883 – 1945) – the most significant figure in Bulgarian psychoanalysis during the 1920s – 1940s, who received personal recognition from Sigmund Freud. The key themes in his works are highlighted: the genesis and phenomenology of religion (animism, projection mechanisms, paternal and maternal complexes); the connection between psychoanalysis and sociology (complementing Marxism); the philosophy and methodology of psychoanalysis (materialistic monism, libido as foundation); the psychoanalysis of mysticism and occultism (regression and projection); revolutionary movements (social psychopathy, mania); as well as crime, prostitution, and suicide (biological and socio-economic roots). The aim is to systematize Kinkel’s major works and ideas, emphasizing his original synthesis of Freudianism, materialism, and interdisciplinarity, which anticipates contemporary approaches and regains relevance after 1989.

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