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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', Ph.D., ({{LifeData|birth=1923-01-12|birthplace=Piotrków Trybunalski|birthcountry=Poland|death=2010-04-14|deathplace=Saint-Rémy-de-Provence|deathcountry=France}}) | '''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''', Ph.D., ({{LifeData|birth=1923-01-12|birthplace=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotrk%C3%B3w_Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski]|birthcountry=Poland|death=2010-04-14|deathplace=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-R%C3%A9my-de-Provence Saint-Rémy-de-Provence]|deathcountry=France}}) | ||
The late Dr. Alice Miller was a preeminent child psychologist of the 20th and early 21st centuries. | The late Dr. Alice Miller was a preeminent child psychologist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Alice Miller was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotrk%C3%B3w_Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski], Poland to Jewish parents. | Alice Miller was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotrk%C3%B3w_Trybunalski Piotrków Trybunalski], Poland to Jewish parents. | ||
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==Work== | ==Work== | ||
Miller's work has been described in detail at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_(psychologist)#Work Wikipedia] and need not be repeated here. | Miller's work has been described in detail at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Miller_(psychologist)#Work Wikipedia] and need not be repeated here. | ||
===Views on infant circumcision=== | |||
Miller lived and worked in Europe where only boys born into Jewish and Muslim families are [[circumcised]], so protection of boys from [[circumcision]] was not a prominent part of her work, however she made her views very clear in a letter to [[Marilyn Milos]]. | Miller lived and worked in Europe where only boys born into Jewish and Muslim families are [[circumcised]], so protection of boys from [[circumcision]] was not a prominent part of her work, however she made her [[intactivist]] views very clear in a [https://scontent-hou1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/494050733_2454435724894167_6129074034294450157_n.jpg?_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=KmczgZNxYZwQ7kNvwGaflIf&_nc_oc=AdpUeh5p2-KxtAbp7bM0-y5bjhznOT3ITAODNLOxG5f1rg6soguWbpUsvLXj9XkW_PlCBJ6Mrh8fp4d2YnOUWL4W&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-hou1-1.xx&_nc_gid=3upC8OUmHQ27ZWvrZZwh_w&_nc_ss=78289&oh=00_Af7B6kU-PYVFI-UpT3-FEkQSv8rWRymXExdYOuz1kcvDNw&oe=6A1E4D26 letter] to [[Marilyn Milos]], dated 14 January 1994. | ||
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"The damage done by circumcision to infants and consequently to the later adults is an extremely important issue. It is still widely minimized because the effects are ignored by most people. … In all my books, I tried to explain that the earlier in life a harm is done, and the more its effects are denied by parents and society, the more a person will be damaged, not only physically but also psychically. If parents know of the child's suffering, they can help as enlightened witnesses by giving support and compassion. If they deny the reality of suffering, the children will deny it as well and later inflict the same pain on their own children ... out of pure ignorance." | "The damage done by circumcision to infants and consequently to the later adults is an extremely important issue. It is still widely minimized because the effects are ignored by most people. … In all my books, I tried to explain that the earlier in life a harm is done, and the more its effects are denied by parents and society, the more a person will be damaged, not only physically but also psychically. If parents know of the child's suffering, they can help as enlightened witnesses by giving support and compassion. If they deny the reality of suffering, the children will deny it as well and later inflict the same pain on their own children ... out of pure ignorance." | ||
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Miller quoted from [[Desmond Morris]] regarding [[child circumcision]] in her book ''Banished Knowledge''. | |||
Later independent research has verified the accuracy of her claims.<ref>{{BoyleGJ GoldmanR SvobodaJS FernandezE 2002}}</ref> | |||
===Selected quotes=== | ===Selected quotes=== | ||
The editors at AZ Quotes have selected significant quotes from Dr. Miller's publications. Please see: | The editors at AZ Quotes have selected significant quotes from Dr. Miller's publications. Please see: | ||
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===Circumcision letter=== | ===Circumcision letter=== | ||
Dr. Miller sent this letter, dated 14 January 1994 to [[Marilyn Fayre Milos| Marilyn Milos]], R.N., who was then the executive director of [[NOCIRC]] in the [[United States]]. | Dr. Miller sent this letter, dated 14 January 1994, to [[Marilyn Fayre Milos| Marilyn Milos]], R.N., who was then the executive director of [[NOCIRC]] in the [[United States]]. | ||
* {{REFweb | * {{REFweb | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Alice Miller was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. She elected to end her life by assisted suicide at the age of 87, which occurred at her home in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-R%C3%A9my-de-Provence Saint-Rémy-de-Provence], France on 14 April 2010.<ref name="wikiart" /> | Alice Miller was diagnosed with terminal [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic_cancer pancreatic cancer]. She elected to end her life by assisted suicide at the age of 87, which occurred at her home in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-R%C3%A9my-de-Provence Saint-Rémy-de-Provence], France on 14 April 2010.<ref name="wikiart" /> <ref name="obit2010">{{REFweb | ||
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2010/may/31/alice-miller-obituary | |||
|title=Alice Miller Obituary | |||
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|publisher=The Guardian | |||
|date=2010-05-31 | |||
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{{SEEALSO}} | {{SEEALSO}} | ||
* [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]] | * [[Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)]] | ||
* [[Anna Freud]] | |||
* [[Carl Gustav Jung]] | * [[Carl Gustav Jung]] | ||
* [[Child circumcision]] | * [[Child circumcision]] | ||
* [[Circumcision and violence]] | * [[Circumcision and violence]] | ||
* [[Desmond Morris]] | |||
* [[Gregory J. Boyle]] | |||
* [[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]] | * [[Hanny Lightfoot-Klein]] | ||
* [[Pain]] | * [[Pain]] | ||
* [[Ronald Goldman]] | |||
* [[Sigmund Freud]] | * [[Sigmund Freud]] | ||
* [[Trauma]] | * [[Trauma]] | ||
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