Feminine Psychology

by Karen Horney and Horney Karen

Book Overview

In this collection of papers, many previously unavailable in English, she brings to the subject of femininity her acute clinical observations and a rigorous testing of both her own hypotheses and those formulated by Freud. The topics she discusses include frigidity, the problem of the monogamous ideal, maternal conflicts, the distrust between the sexes, feminine masochism, and the neurotic need for love. Throughout the book, Dr. Horney draws on her...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393310809
• ISBN13: 9780393310801
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

antidote to freud

in this book karen horney shows her usual insight and clear writing style as she helps to undo some of the damage done by freud's narrow view of the psychology of the female mind