Our Inner Conflicts：A Constructive Theory of Neurosis

OneofthemostoriginalpsychoanalystsafterFreud,KarenHorneypioneeredsuchnow-familiarconceptsasalienation,self-realization,andtheidealizedimage,andshebroughttopsychoanalysisanewunderstandingoftheimportanceofcultureandenvironment.KarenHorneywasborninHamburgin1885andwaseducatedinBerlin.ShewenttotheUnitedStatesin1932andin1941becameoneofthefoundersoftheAssociationfortheAdvancementofPsychoanalysisandtheAmericanInstituteforPsychoanalysis.In"OurInnerConflicts",nowreissuedinanewformat,Horneydevelopsadynamictheoryofneurosiscentredonthebasicconflictamongtheattitudesofmovingtowards,movingagainst,andmovingawayfrompeople.