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NEW WAYS IN PSYCHOANALYSIS by KAREN HORNEY. Contents include:
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 think through psycho analytical theories
in a critical way. As will be seenthroughout 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 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 considerably if we cut loose from
certain historically determined theoretical prem ises and
discardthe 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 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: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Karen Horney
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Laminated cover
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Pages: |
324 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4437-2633-7 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-4437-2633-8 |
Barcode: |
9781443726337 |
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