NEW WAYS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS BY KAREN HORNEY, M. D. LONDON KEGAN
PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNUR CO. LTD. BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74 CARTER LANE,
E. C. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 7 I. FUNDAMENTALS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 17
II. SOME GENERAL PREMISES OF FREUD S THINKING 37 III. THE LIBIDO
THEORY 47 IV. THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX 79 V. THE CONCEPT OF NARCISSISM
88 VI. FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY 1O1 VII. THE DEATH INSTINCT 12O VIII.
THE EMPHASIS ON CHILDHOOD Igg IX. THE CONCEPT OF TRANSFERENCE 154
X. CULTURE AND NEUROSES l68 XI. THE EGO AND THE ID 183 XII. ANXIETY
193 XIII. THE CONCEPT OF THE SUPER-EGO 2OJ XIV. NEUROTIC GUILT
FEELINGS 232 XV. MASOCHISTIC PHENOMENA 246 XVI. PSYCHOANALYTIC
THERAPY 2 6 INDEX 3O7 INTRODUCTION MY desire to make a critical
re-evaluation of psycho analytical theories had its origin in a
dissatisfaction with therapeutic results. I found that almost every
patient offered problems for which our accepted psychoanalyt ical
knowledge offered no means of solution, and which therefore
remained unsolved. As most analysts probably do, at first I
attributed the resulting uncertainty to my own lack of experience,
lack of understanding or blind spots. I remember pester ing more
experienced colleagues with questions such as what Freud or they
understood by ego, why sadistic impulses were interrelated with
anal libido 1 and why so many different trends were regarded as an
expression of latent homosexuality without, however, obtaining
answers that seemed satisfactory. I had my first active doubts as
to the validity of psy choanalytical theories when I read Freuds
concept of feminine psychology, doubts which were then strength
ened by his postulate of the death instinct. But it was several
years before I started to thinkthrough psycho analytical theories
in a critical way. As will be seen throughout the book, the system
of theories which Freud has gradually developed is so con sistent
that when one is once entrenched in them it is difficult to make
observations unbiased by his way of 8 INTRODUCTION thinking. It is
only through recognizing the debatable premises on which this
system is built that one acquires a clearer vision as to the
sources of error contained in the individual theories. In all
sincerity I may say that I regard myself qualified to make the
criticisms con tained in this book, because I consistently applied
Freuds theories for a period of over fifteen years. The resistance
which many psychiatrists as well as laymen feel toward orthodox
psychoanalysis is due not only to emotional sources, as is assumed,
but also to the debatable character of many theories. The complete
refutation of psychoanalysis which these critics often resort to is
regrettable because it leads to discarding the valid with the
dubitable and thereby prevents a recognition of what psychoanalysis
essentially has to offer. I found that the more I took a critical
stand to ward a series of psychoanalytical theories, the more I
realized the constructive value of Freuds fundamental findings and
the more paths opened up for the under standing of psychological
problems. Thus the purpose of this book is not to show what is
wrong with psychoanalysis, but, through eliminating the debatable
elements, to enable psychoanalysis to de velop to the height of its
potentialities. As a result of both theoretical considerations and
practical experi ence, I believe that the range of problems which
can be understood is enlarged considerablyif we cut loose from
certain historically determined theoretical prem ises and discard
the theories arising on that basis. My conviction, expressed in a
nutshell, is that psycho analysis should outgrow the limitations
set by its being an instinctivistic and a genetic psychology. As to
the INTRODUCTION Q latter, Freud tends to regard later
peculiarities as almost direct repetitions of infantile drives or
reactions hence he expects later disturbances to vanish if the
under lying infantile experiences are elucidated...
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2007 |
First published: |
March 2007 |
Authors: |
Karen Horney
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
320 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4067-4102-5 |
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LSN: |
1-4067-4102-7 |
Barcode: |
9781406741025 |
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