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Horney, here and now: 1991

Horney, here and now: 1991 The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Voi. 51, No. 3, 1991 Theodore Isaac Rubin What's happening here and now in 1991 and where is Karen Homey relative to what is happening fifty years after she [eft the Freudian ortho- doxy of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute? Psychiatry and in many ways psychology, too, is having a passionate love affair with genetics, or- ganicity, pharmacology, and once again even with electricity. This affair will surely last for many years and may even turn out to be permanent. The implications and ramifications of this liaison are extremely important in their effect on all aspects of how we view human beings and in our at- tempted understanding of human behavior. As is often the case in profes- sional circles, polarities are all too well delineated and extreme. Currently, most psychiatric residency training programs throughout the United States have almost obliterated psychodynamic teaching. Indeed, many "authori- ties" and people of great influence demonstrate outright contempt for any kind of psychodynamic paradigms. If we are to believe that human behavior is solely the result of brain chemistry we virtually obliterate choice--perhaps our most "human pre- rogative." In this approach we consign change and growth to 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
1991 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1007/BF01249253
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Abstract

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Voi. 51, No. 3, 1991 Theodore Isaac Rubin What's happening here and now in 1991 and where is Karen Homey relative to what is happening fifty years after she [eft the Freudian ortho- doxy of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute? Psychiatry and in many ways psychology, too, is having a passionate love affair with genetics, or- ganicity, pharmacology, and once again even with electricity. This affair will surely last for many years and may even turn out to be permanent. The implications and ramifications of this liaison are extremely important in their effect on all aspects of how we view human beings and in our at- tempted understanding of human behavior. As is often the case in profes- sional circles, polarities are all too well delineated and extreme. Currently, most psychiatric residency training programs throughout the United States have almost obliterated psychodynamic teaching. Indeed, many "authori- ties" and people of great influence demonstrate outright contempt for any kind of psychodynamic paradigms. If we are to believe that human behavior is solely the result of brain chemistry we virtually obliterate choice--perhaps our most "human pre- rogative." In this approach we consign change and growth to

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The American Journal of PsychoanalysisSpringer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 1991

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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