Karen Horney
Karen Horney
Karen Horneywas a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. She disagreed with Freud about inherent differences in the psychology of men and women, and she traced such differences to society and culture rather than biology. As...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth16 September 1885
CountryUnited States of America
Through the eclipse of large areas of the self, by repression and inhibition as well as by idealization and externalization, the individual loses sight of himself; he feels, if he does not actually become, like a shadow without weight and substance.
To find a mountain path all by oneself gives a greater feeling of strength than to take a path that is shown.
The perfect normal person is rare in our civilization.
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.
No one … can entirely step out of his time, that despite his keenness of vision his thinking is in many ways bound to be influenced by the mentality of his time
That many-faceted thing called love succeeds in building bridges from the loneliness on this shore to the loneliness on the other one. These bridges can be of great beauty, but they are rarely built for eternity, and frequently they cannot tolerate too heavy a burden without collapsing.
We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.
Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression.
Life as a therapist is ruthless; circumstances that are helpful to one neurotic may crush another.
There's still such chaos in me. Still so little firmly outlined. Just like my face: a formless mass that only takes on shape through the expression of the moment. The searching for our selves is the most agonizing
Let me say to begin with: It is not neurotic to have conflict ... Conflicts within ourselves are an integral part of human life.
The view that women are infantile and emotional creatures, and as such, incapable of responsibility and independence is the work of the masculine tendency to lower women's self-respect.
Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning.
To search for truth about self is as valuable as to search for truth in other areas of life.