New Ways in Psychoanalysis

by Karen Horney

Book Overview

First Published in 1999. This is Volume XVI of twenty-eight in the Psychoanalysis series. Written around 1939 the purpose of this book is not to show what is wrong with psychoanalysis, but through... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0026EHL7S
• Release Date: January 1939
• Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Diverse Directions

Horney was one of the earliest pioneers to repudiate the theoretical framework of Freud, and work within the framework of feminist and cultural understanding. This book is the first rejection of the Freudian view. Horney's theory evolved throughout her life from the early works like this and "The Neurotic Personality of Our Time" and "Our Inner Conflicts" to the final book,"Neurosis and Human Growth." Personally I find that Horney's theory is extremely valuable to understand our inner wrestlings, and to treat patients in a empathic way. I find the theory more eloquently and more comprehensively presented in her final book. So although this is an interesting analysis of the origins of her thinking, it is more designed for examining the development rather than the final product of her genius.