Psychoanalytical Psychology, Psychiatrists & Psychologists - Biography, Individual Psychologists
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Overview
Karen Horney (1885-1952) is one of the great figures in psychoanalysis, an independent thinker who dared to take issue with Freud's views on women. One of the first female medical students in Germany, and one of the first doctors in Berlin to undergo psychoanalytic training, she emigrated to the United States in 1932 and became a leading figure in American psychoanalysis. She wrote several important books, including Neurosis and Human Growth and Our Inner Conflicts. Horney was a brilliant psychologist of women, whose work anticipated current interest in the narcissistic personality."An excellent book, sophisticated in its judgments, and with a candor that does justice to [Quinn's] courageous subject." — Phyllis Grosskurth, The New York Review of Books
"A richly contexted, thoroughly informed, and admirably forthright account of Horney's development and contribution." — Justin Kaplan
"Excellent, sympathetic but not adulatory, clear about the theories and factions... rich in anecdotes." — Rosemary Dinnage, The New York Times Book Review
"The whole book is wonderfully balanced. A terrific achievement." — Anton O. Kris, Boston Psychoanalytic Institute
Editorials
Library Journal
Here, Quinn examines gifted clinician/writer Karen Horney, a psychoanalytic ``renegade'' eventually cast out of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute when she ran afoul of the new orthodoxy. The author sensitively traces the enormous loss both to the establishment and also to Horney and her new group, which became autocratic in its own right. Of all the recent accounts of psychoanalytic politics, this is one of the best. Although clearly partial to Horney, it is relatively even-handed in its presentation of the failings and strengths on both sides, and examines issues in depth. Of great interest to both scholar and layperson. Paul Hymowitz, Cornell Medical Coll., New YorkPhyllis Grosskurth
"An excellent book, sophisticated in its judgments, and with a candor that does justice to [Quinn's] courageous subject."Rosemary Dinnage
"Excellent, sympathetic but not adulatory, clear about the theories and factions... rich in anecdotes."Book Details
Published
October 1, 1987
Publisher
New York : Summit Books, c1987.
Pages
479
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780671475185