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Book Review: The Unknown Karen Horney—Essays on Gender, Culture and Psychoanalysis, edited by Bernard J. Paris, Yale University Press, 2000, 384 ps.

Book Review: The Unknown Karen Horney—Essays on Gender, Culture and Psychoanalysis, edited by... The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2001 (2001) Book Reviews Edited by Jeannine Zoppi, Ph.D. The Unknown Karen Horney—Essays on Gender, Culture and Psychoanalysis, ed- ited by Bernard J. Paris, Yale University Press, 2000, 384 ps. When Robert Motherwell interviewed Joan Miro, he said of the painter, “Miro is a brave man, of dignity and modesty. He has the advantage of liking his origins.... He believes that one’s salvation is one’s own responsibility and follows his own line of grace and felt satisfaction, indifferent to others’ opinions. One might say that originality is what originates in one’s own being.” It didn’t surprise me that I kept recalling this quote as I read The Unknown Karen Horney. One can read these collected essays in the way that one might read an abundantly illustrated monograph that focuses on an artist in any medium. This is not to say that Dr. Paris is attempting a form of psychohistory. Rather, in his intro- ductions to the essays he gives the reader a glimpse of how a creative person uses her own life to make something new. As we read the essays in the order in which Dr. Paris presents http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Book Review: The Unknown Karen Horney—Essays on Gender, Culture and Psychoanalysis, edited by Bernard J. Paris, Yale University Press, 2000, 384 ps.

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2001 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 61, No. 3, September 2001 (2001) Book Reviews Edited by Jeannine Zoppi, Ph.D. The Unknown Karen Horney—Essays on Gender, Culture and Psychoanalysis, ed- ited by Bernard J. Paris, Yale University Press, 2000, 384 ps. When Robert Motherwell interviewed Joan Miro, he said of the painter, “Miro is a brave man, of dignity and modesty. He has the advantage of liking his origins.... He believes that one’s salvation is one’s own responsibility and follows his own line of grace and felt satisfaction, indifferent to others’ opinions. One might say that originality is what originates in one’s own being.” It didn’t surprise me that I kept recalling this quote as I read The Unknown Karen Horney. One can read these collected essays in the way that one might read an abundantly illustrated monograph that focuses on an artist in any medium. This is not to say that Dr. Paris is attempting a form of psychohistory. Rather, in his intro- ductions to the essays he gives the reader a glimpse of how a creative person uses her own life to make something new. As we read the essays in the order in which Dr. Paris presents

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  • The therapeutic process: Essays and lectures
    Horney, K.