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Advancement in psychoanalysis

Advancement in psychoanalysis A new organization of this type nmst have a reason and a justification for existing, and I would like to take advantage of this occasion to outline briefly tlae aims and aspirations of this new group. The cardinal principle by which we shall be guided is our firm conviction in the worth and dignity of the human individual; the belief that human beings in social situations should and, if fairly well adjusted, can have a fundamental liking and respect for one another, that each of us should and can acknowledge a fundamental validity in the other, and thereby acknowledge that the other has certain rights which all must respect and which all must guarantee will be respected. This is a matter of particular importance in an age like ours, torn as it is by a struggle to lhe death between those who believe that the difficulties in human relationships are to be settled by the use of force and those who believe that such problems may be solved by a process of mutual adjustment. The search after truth--the characteristic activity of every field of science --can be carried on successfully only in circumstances where the individual searchers have a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
1942 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01874017
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Abstract

A new organization of this type nmst have a reason and a justification for existing, and I would like to take advantage of this occasion to outline briefly tlae aims and aspirations of this new group. The cardinal principle by which we shall be guided is our firm conviction in the worth and dignity of the human individual; the belief that human beings in social situations should and, if fairly well adjusted, can have a fundamental liking and respect for one another, that each of us should and can acknowledge a fundamental validity in the other, and thereby acknowledge that the other has certain rights which all must respect and which all must guarantee will be respected. This is a matter of particular importance in an age like ours, torn as it is by a struggle to lhe death between those who believe that the difficulties in human relationships are to be settled by the use of force and those who believe that such problems may be solved by a process of mutual adjustment. The search after truth--the characteristic activity of every field of science --can be carried on successfully only in circumstances where the individual searchers have a

Journal

The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Dec 1, 1942

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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