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Nise da Silveira


Born
in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
February 15, 1905

Died
October 30, 1999

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Nise da Silveira was born in Maceió, in the northeastern state of Alagoas, Brazil, in 1905. After graduating from the Medical School of Bahia in 1926, she devoted her life to psychiatry and never was in agreement with the aggressive forms of treatment of her time such as commitment to psychiatric hospitals, electroshock, insulin therapy and lobotomy.
In 1952 she founded the Museum of Images of the Unconscious, in Rio de Janeiro, a study and research center that collected the works produced in painting and modeling studios. Through her work, Nise da Silveira introduced Jungian psychology in Brazil.
A few years later, in 1956, Nise da Silveira developed another revolutionary project for her time: the creation of the "Casa das Palmeiras" (Palms
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Jung: Vida e Obra

4.34 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1968 — 4 editions
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Imagens do Inconsciente

4.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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Gatos, a Emoção de Lidar

4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1998
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Cartas a Spinoza

4.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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O Mundo das Imagens

4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
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Os Inumeráveis Estados do Ser

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Encontros: Nise Da Silveira

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Viagem a Florença: cartas d...

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Senhora das imagens interna...

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Casa das palmeiras: A emoçã...

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“Cultivo muito a independência. Por isso gosto do gato. Muita gente não gosta pela liberdade de que ele precisa para viver. No circo você vê tigre e urso, mas não vê um gato. O gato é altivo, e o ser humano não gosta de quem é altivo.”
Nise Da Silveira, Gatos, a Emoção de Lidar