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Summaries of Karen Horney’s Major works

Summaries of Karen Horney’s Major works The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 56, No. 2, 1996 KAREN HORNEY AND FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY After her dissertation, Karen Horney's first published writings were articles on feminine psychology. In these essays, (published between 1924 and 1934), Homey took issue with Freud's ideas on femininity. Her argument developed in three stages. In the first stage (represented by her first paper on femininity, "On the Gene- sis of the Castration Complex in Women," delivered at the Berlin Congress in 1922 and published in 1924), Homey was trying to reform Freud's ideas on women. At this time, she recognized the authority of libido theory, but attempted to ameliorate Freud's negative assessment of the female psyche by distinguishing a "primary" penis envy from a "secondary" form. While the former represents an early state of pregenital envy, the latter is a defensive form arising from Oedipal attachment and fear. A girl, thus, identifies with her father as a way of escaping Oedipal danger. In the second stage--articles published between 1926 and 1933--Horney was much more polemical. During this period, she argued that the concept of penis envy itself is a consequence of male narcissism, fear of women, and envy of the female capac- ity http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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1996 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 56, No. 2, 1996 KAREN HORNEY AND FEMININE PSYCHOLOGY After her dissertation, Karen Horney's first published writings were articles on feminine psychology. In these essays, (published between 1924 and 1934), Homey took issue with Freud's ideas on femininity. Her argument developed in three stages. In the first stage (represented by her first paper on femininity, "On the Gene- sis of the Castration Complex in Women," delivered at the Berlin Congress in 1922 and published in 1924), Homey was trying to reform Freud's ideas on women. At this time, she recognized the authority of libido theory, but attempted to ameliorate Freud's negative assessment of the female psyche by distinguishing a "primary" penis envy from a "secondary" form. While the former represents an early state of pregenital envy, the latter is a defensive form arising from Oedipal attachment and fear. A girl, thus, identifies with her father as a way of escaping Oedipal danger. In the second stage--articles published between 1926 and 1933--Horney was much more polemical. During this period, she argued that the concept of penis envy itself is a consequence of male narcissism, fear of women, and envy of the female capac- ity

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Published: Jun 1, 1996

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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