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The value of vindictiveness

The value of vindictiveness KAI~EN HOBNEY ~ rmm~ is a passage in the Bible that has express a vindictive anger? Do we not there- T puzzled me for a long time. In his letters by forestall the danger of piling up resent- to the Romans, Paul says: "Avenge not thy- ment? Is it not, on the contrary, harmful to self; vengeance is mine, says the Lord, I will repress such impulses? Have we not all heard repay." We understand that God will repay of the beneficial effect in therapy of "liberat- and does repay, indeed. In terms of psycho- ing aggressiveness?" Sure enough, to repress logical laws: the consequences of our pre- vindictiveness is harmful. But is there only tenses, our egocentricity, or whatever faulty the alternative between repression and act- attitude, invariably come home to roost. Con- ing out? When we agree on the desirability trary to neurotic expectations we do not"get of becoming aware of whatever vindictive by" with the wrong solutions of our inner drives are operating, would we not ask: de- conflicts. But why the explicit warnings sirable for what end? Is is not for the chance to take a turn toward the constructive? against revenge? Is it another http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The value of vindictiveness

Horney, Karen
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 8 (1): 10 – Dec 1, 1948
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1948 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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KAI~EN HOBNEY ~ rmm~ is a passage in the Bible that has express a vindictive anger? Do we not there- T puzzled me for a long time. In his letters by forestall the danger of piling up resent- to the Romans, Paul says: "Avenge not thy- ment? Is it not, on the contrary, harmful to self; vengeance is mine, says the Lord, I will repress such impulses? Have we not all heard repay." We understand that God will repay of the beneficial effect in therapy of "liberat- and does repay, indeed. In terms of psycho- ing aggressiveness?" Sure enough, to repress logical laws: the consequences of our pre- vindictiveness is harmful. But is there only tenses, our egocentricity, or whatever faulty the alternative between repression and act- attitude, invariably come home to roost. Con- ing out? When we agree on the desirability trary to neurotic expectations we do not"get of becoming aware of whatever vindictive by" with the wrong solutions of our inner drives are operating, would we not ask: de- conflicts. But why the explicit warnings sirable for what end? Is is not for the chance to take a turn toward the constructive? against revenge? Is it another

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Published: Dec 1, 1948

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