In this work, Karen Horney explores the basic structure of neuroses in the context of their cultural assumptions.
Her topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and possession.
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Karen Horney (1885-1952) was one of the most influential psychoanalysts of the twentieth century. Her books include Neurosis and Human Growth, The Neurotic Personality of Our Time, New Ways in Psychoanalysis, Our Inner Conflicts, Self-Analysis, Feminine Psychology, Final Lectures, and, as editor, Are You Considering Psychoanalysis?
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Eye opener,
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Although the importance of the work of Karen Horney is sometimes downplayed, this is one of the best books I have read in my life. Far from incomprehensible language and theories that seem much more far from reality that the ones they are supposed to apply to, this book is an easy read for everyone, and I could understand simple mechanisms that therapists take years to reveal. Karen Horney does not try to place sex as an explanation for everything that you do or think.
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Horney Was a Genius,
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Horney revolutionalized analysis. She found societal roots for neurotic behavior and detailed how the intrapsychic processes get projected onto others in a way that could be understood. She changed the language of psychoanalysis -- she made it make sense and so helped thousands and thousands make sense of their lives. Cognitive therapy really started here.
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The Best Book on Personality,
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I would highly recommend this book to every student of personality, psychology, and/or human character. Essentially the book is about neurotic styles. Earlier this week I read an article saying that Freudianism is dead; this cannot really be true, because Horney's books describe reality. She has a very lucid prose style that's all the more impressive considering that German is her native language. I plan to read her books over for the rest of my life. I will say that if you are TOO neurotic, you may find this painful to read.
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WE USE the term "neurotic" quite freely today without always having, however, a clear conception of what it denotes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
neurotic competitiveness, obtaining affection, neurotic need for affection, masochistic drives, neurotic striving, manifest picture, neurotic person, basic anxiety, character neuroses, neurotic suffering, basic hostility, hostile impulses, repressed hostility, striving for power Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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WE USE the term "neurotic" quite freely today without always having, however, a clear conception of what it denotes. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
neurotic competitiveness, obtaining affection, neurotic need for affection, masochistic drives, neurotic striving, manifest picture, neurotic person, basic anxiety, character neuroses, neurotic suffering, basic hostility, hostile impulses, repressed hostility, striving for power Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Introductory Lectures, Ruth Benedict, Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalytic Quarterly New!
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- Collected Papers: v. 1 (International Psycho-Analysis Library) by Sigmund Freud on page 234, and page 280
- Ruth Benedict (Leaders of Modern Anthropology) by Margaret Mead on page 16, and page 103
- Totem and Taboo (Great Minds Series) by Sigmund Freud on page 18, and page 83
- Feminine Psychology (The Norton Library) by Karen Horney in Front Matter
- Sex and Temperament: In Three Primitive Societies by Margaret Mead on page 16
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- Karen Horney and Character Disorder: A Guide for the Modern Practitioner by Irving Solomon PhD on 6 pages
- New Ways in Psychoanalysis by Karen Horney on 5 pages
- New Perspectives in Psychoanalysis by Harold Kelman on page 10, page 13, and page 22
- Love and the Abyss: An Essay on Finitude and Value by Ralph D. Ellis on page 64, and Back Matter
- Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Towards Self-Realization by Karen Horney in Front Matter, and page 221
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