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OUR INNER CONFLICTS: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis. By Karen Horney, M.D. 250 pp. 1945. W.W. Norton & Co. $3. Our Inner Conflicts, Dr. Horney's fourth book, contains a unified cul- mination of all of her previous work. It represents a comprehensive theory of neurosis. In her first book, The Neurotic Personality of Our Time, she emphasized the significance of cultural factors as they ad- versely affect personalit:~ growth and presented the outlines for a general theory of neurosis. In her second book, New Ways in Psychoanalysis, she elucidated her theoretical differences with Freud. Self Analysis, her third book, clarified in a more integrated manner the importance of neu- rotic trends for an understanding of the neurotic character structure and indicated the possibilities and limitations of analytic self-help. Dr. Horney's work represents a develolSment of some of Freud's pioneer ideas and a divergence from others. The subtitle of her new book, "A Con- structive Theory of Neurosis," indicates the philosophical premises of her theory and their contrast with Freud's. Freud believed that man was driven by irrational instincts which had to be held in check or sublimated. He believed that man by nature was destructive and that his constructive
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals
Published: Dec 1, 1945
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