Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

by KarenHorney (Author), Karen Horney (Author)

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Unlike Freud, Horney does not regard neurosis as rooted in instinct. In her words, her theory is constructive because it allows us for the first time to tackle and resolve neurotic hopelessness...Neurotic conflicts cannot be resolved by rational decision...But [they] can be resolved by changing the conditions within the personality that brought them into being.

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Unlike Freud, Horney does not regard neurosis as rooted in instinct. In her words, her theory is constructive because "it allows us for the first time to tackle and resolve neurotic hopelessness...Neurotic conflicts cannot be resolved by rational decision...But [they] can be resolved by changing the conditions within the personality that brought them into being."

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Format: paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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ISBN 10: 0393309401
ISBN 13: 9780393309409

Author Bio

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?