Karen Horney : a psychoanalyst's search for self-understanding

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Karen Horney : a psychoanalyst's search for self-understanding

Bernard J. Paris

Yale University Press, c1994

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index

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ISBN 9780300059564

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Karen Horney (1885-1952) is regarded by many as one of the most important psychoanalytic thinkers of the 20th century. Her early work, in which she quarrelled with Freud's views on female psychology, established her as the first great psychoanalytic feminist. In her later years, she developed a sophisticated theory of her own which provided powerful explanations of human behaviour that have proved to be widely applicable. Yet through these years of intellectual achievement, Horney struggled with emotional problems. This study of Horney's life and work draws on newly discovered materials to explore the relation between her personal history and the evolution of her ideas. Bernard J. Paris argues that Horney's inner struggles - in particular her compulsive need for men - induced her to embark on a search for self-understanding, which she recorded first in her diaries and then in her covertly autobiographical psychoanalytic writings. Although this search brought Horney only partial relief from her problems, it led her to profound and original insights into the human psyche. Paris describes Horney's life - her childhood and adolescence in Germany, marriage to Oskar Horney, motherhood, analysis and self-analysis, emigration to the United States, founding of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, ostracism by the psychoanalytic establishment, and her many romantic liaisons. At the same time he examines the various stages of Horney's thought, showing how her experiences influenced her ideas. Focusing particularly on Horney's later work, Paris shows her mature theory to be an important contribution to the study of literature, biography, gender and culture, as well as to psychoanalysis and psychology.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The Making of a Psychoanalyst: "Never-Ending Self-Analysis"
  • Family Troubles
  • Karen and Clare
  • School and "Times of Transition"
  • "Awakened to Life" - Schorschi and Rolf
  • Rolf and Ernst
  • Losch and Oskar. Part 2 The Freudian Phase and Feminine Psychology: "The Given Task for a Woman Psychologist"
  • Analysis and Self-Analysis, 1910-12
  • The Masculinity Complex - "On the Generation of the Castration Complex in Women" and "The Flight from Womanhood"
  • The Growing Role of the Mother
  • Relationships between the Sexes
  • "The Overvaluation of Love"
  • "We Should Stop Bothering about What is Feminine". Part 3 The Break With Freud and the Development of a New Paradigm: The Role of Culture
  • The Structure of Neurosis
  • Culture and Neurosis
  • Structure versus Genesis - Horney's Synchronic Paradigm
  • The New Paradigm and the Psychoanalytic Process
  • Clare, the New Paradigm, and the Psychoanalytic Process. Part 4 Horney as an Adult: Relationships with Men
  • Schisms and Problems of Leadership
  • Karen and her Daughters
  • The Many Sides of Karen Horney
  • "Great Gifts, Great Shortcomings". Part 5 Horney's Mature Theory: The Real self and Self-Realization
  • The Major Neurotic Solutions
  • The Idealized Image and the Pride System
  • Horney and Third Force Psychology. Appendices: Interdisciplinary Applications of Horneyan Theory
  • Woman's Fear of Action, Karen Horney.
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: pbk ISBN 9780300068603

Description

Karen Horney (1885-1952) is regarded by many as one of the most important psychoanalytic thinkers of the twentieth century. Her early work, in which she quarreled with Freud's views on female psychology, established her as the first great psychoanalytic feminist. In her later years, she developed a sophisticated theory of her own which provided powerful explanations of human behavior that have proved to be widely applicable. Yet through these years of intellectual achievement, Horney struggled with emotional problems. This engrossing study of Horney's life and work draws on newly discovered materials to explore the relation between her personal history and the evolution of her ideas. Bernard J. Paris argues that Horney's inner struggles-in particular her compulsive need for men-induced her to embark on a search for self-understanding, which she recorded first in her diaries and then in her covertly autobiographical psychoanalytic writings. Although this search brought Horney only partial relief from her problems, it led her to profound and original insights into the human psyche. Paris describes Horney's life-her childhood and adolescence in Germany, marriage to Oskar Horney, motherhood, analysis and self-analysis, emigration to the United States, founding of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis, ostracism by the psychoanalytic establishment, and her many romantic liaisons. At the same time he examines the various stages of Horney's thought, showing how her experiences influenced her ideas. Focusing particularly on Horney's later work, Paris shows her mature theory to be an important contribution to the study of literature, biography, gender and culture, as well as to psychoanalysis and psychology.

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