by Karen Horney · Ediciones Paidós · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475090962
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In 'The Neurotic Personality of Our Time,' Karen Horney, a prominent psychoanalyst, examines the disturbances in social and private life, offering a deep insight into the defensive strategies that individuals develop in the face of adversity. Horney argues that these strategies, when they become exaggerated, transform into neurotic tendencies, influenced by the environment and culture. This book explores the dilemma of the neurotic inability to love and the need to be loved, as well as the role of love as relief or illusion, providing clarity and penetration in the study of neurosis.
Karen Horney was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views, specifically in theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. Horney is also credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. She disagreed with Freud about inherent differences in the psychology of men and women, and like Alfred Adler, she traced such differences to society and culture rather than biology.
