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Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

Horney, Karen

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UPC:
9780393309409
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
1992-10-17
Author:
Karen Horney
Language:
english
Edition:
Reissue
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Here Karen Horney develops a dynamic theory of neurosis centered on the basic conflict among attitudes of moving forward moving against, and moving away from people.

Unlike Freud, Horney does not regard neurosis as rooted in instinct. In her words, her theory is constructive because it allows us for the first time to tackle and resolve neurotic hopelessness. . . . Neurotic conflicts cannot be resolved by rational decision. . . . But [they] can be resolved by changing the conditions within the personality that brought them into being.

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