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Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Horney
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 114633
Media: Paperback
Pages: 391
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0393307751
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.852
EAN: 9780393307757
ASIN: 0393307751
Publication Date: May 1991
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Product Description
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in the International Library of Psychology series is available upon request.
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 excellent basic June 11, 2008
S. Katz
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This classic text offers foundational material upon which decades after volumes have been written. It is a basic text and vital for understanding subequent psychoanalytic thinkers.
Neurosis and Human Growth January 19, 2008
Laurie Baxter (LINCOLN, NE United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book help me understand why my husband does things he does, The author does a good job of explaining in depth about the problems associated with mental illness and how you become that way and how you can how yourself
Understanding the human condition September 29, 2005
Gregg H. Grinspan (Connecticut)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Karen Horney gives as understandable and elegant an explanation of the basis of human frustration and depression, and of its insidious foundation, as I've had the pleasure of reading. Highly recommended for anyone with an intelligent interest in the "human condition" and its roots. Read it first in the early 1970s and it continues to be the basis on which I peruse and investigate the poetry of our species.
Give This Woman At Least 5 Stars, If Not a Nobel Prize March 13, 2005
Charles de Plume (Fullerton, CA)
19 out of 20 found this review helpful
I respect the opinion of the two-star reviewer, but I can only guess that this person is either too young, or simply not crazy enough, to appreciate how Dr. Horney "nailed" the essential problem of one's vital energies being disastrously diverted to the service of the idealized self. A welcome oasis this is for those thoughtful souls who are sick and tired of suffering and want to get on with the business of living. All positive-thinking self-help books -- or programs -- will fail the true neurotic unless this topographical map of the counter-productive Unconscious is studied, understood and committed to memory. Just like knowing how to get around town, when you're in a strange city, if you know what I mean. To characterize this work as a masterpiece is no exaggeration.
An essential book for a psychology-minded person's bookshelf September 15, 2004
Chris Fendrich (Seattle, WA USA)
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
It isn't often when I read a book, and over time that book's contents become a vital, enduring part of my life philosophy. Well, this happens to be the case with Karen Horney's "Neurosis and Human Growth." I think this is because her theory of neurosis is easily discernable in our modern, everyday society, and verifiable in one's own life. It's easy to see how the tension between reality and unattainable fantasy creates anxiety & depression, self-contempt and self-alienation. It's a truly tragic phenomenon, a terrible waste of human potential, and therefore this book is a tremendous gift in that it clarifies the dynamics of neurosis, shines abundant light on the matter.
Perhaps most pertinently, this book is a wake-up call to parents-- to do all they can to spare their children the traumas that may cause them to eventually cling to idealized images for psychological safety. If a safe environment is provided in the first place, neuroses will most likely be circumvented. But that's a tall order for parents-- who are themselves inundated with idealized images from the media-- sleek, toned supermodel bodies, shiny, rugged Hummers-- things parents need, unless they don't want to measure up. Such media images can eventually cause financial tensions within a marriage, perhaps eventually causing divorce-- which is of course a trauma for children. Such an insidious, vicious cycle!
This book has certainly made it clear and plain what a problem neurosis is, but if there's one thing I might say is wanting in this book, it is a clear solution or path of therapy out of neurosis. One reviewer mentioned Carl Roger's "On Becoming A Person", and I agree: He teaches the importance of 'congruence', of sticking with one's real emotions, instead of trying to feel what one 'should' feel. I would also recommend Kabat Zinn's "Full Catastrophe Living", or virtually any book that emphasizes acceptance of one's present-moment experience. In any case, I highly recommend Horney's book, I give it five stars, and for those who are considering buying this book, you may feel that you've gotten your money's worth after finishing the first chapter, "The Search For Glory".
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