The Neurotic Personality of Our Age

Do psychological disorders lead us to eternal doom? Is it impossible for the neurotic individual to recognize his discomfort and take steps towards recovery? Psychoanalysis generally approaches neuroses with an understanding that deprives the individual of free will, the ability to act, and dreams of the future, and seeks its roots only in the past. Karen Horney, on the other hand, focuses on the neurotic society that both stimulates desires and limits the possibilities of satisfaction, arguing that the factors that cause and nourish these desires are often cultural and can be overcome by interventions on environmental factors.

Defining the neurotic individual as the "stepchild" of modern culture, Horney reveals that the underlying anxiety of neuroses arises from the conflicts that dominate social relations and the inner world of every person.

The individual, condemned to neuroses by Freud and the majority of the next generation of psychoanalysts, is brought back to life by Karen Horney, who focuses on human liberation.

The Neurotic Personality of Our Age, which has been read and discussed with interest by many people who want to confront their own contradictions and dilemmas since the date it was written, is more current than ever today, when social neurosis and anxiety are growing.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 200

Year of Printing: 2013


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Sel Publishing

Series Editor: M. Onur Dogan
Series Editor: Bilge Sanci

First Printing Year: 2013

Number of Pages: 200

Language Turkish