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The Neurotic Personality of Our Time (Paperback)

~ Karen Horney (Author) "WE USE the term "neurotic" quite freely today without always having, however, a clear conception of what it denotes..." (more)
Key Phrases: neurotic competitiveness, obtaining affection, neurotic need for affection, New Introductory Lectures, Ruth Benedict, Sigmund Freud (more...)

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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?) was also the author of The Neurotic Personality of Our Time.

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Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co. (January 17, 1994)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0393310973
ISBN-13: 978-0393310979
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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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

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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

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New Introductory Lectures, Ruth Benedict, Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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Collected Papers (International Psycho-Analysis Library) (v. 1) 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: Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics (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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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Eye opener, March 24, 2000

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Horney Was a Genius, March 29, 2003

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book on Personality, May 6, 2008

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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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