Alfred Adler (1870–1937): Sudden Death During a Walk

This chapter is about the life and death of Alfred Adler—and its connection to the development of his method, Individual Psychology. Adler is the rather zestful, socially committed, warm-hearted helper type and the representative of an “optimistic psychology”, in whose theory death does not play a central role. As he travels almost hectically through the USA and Europe to spread his Individual Psychology, he succumbs—completely unexpectedly—and without a long struggle to a heart attack.