Karen Horney
Subtitle: a psychoanalyst's search for self-understanding
By: Bernard J. Paris.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Horney, Karen, 1885-1952 -- Psychology.; Psychoanalysts -- United States -- Biography.; Psychoanalysis.
Description: Karen Horney, perhaps the first great psychoanalytic feminist, developed powerful theories to explain human behavior. Yet throughout her years of intellectual achievement, she struggled with emotional problems. This engrossing study of Horney's life and work draws on newly discovered materials to explore the relation between her personal history and the evolution of her ideas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index. 
"A valuable and lucid picture of a restless and adventurous mind. . . In giving us an overarching survey of her work, Paris reminds us of its richness, range, and sheer intelligence."—Eva Hoffman, New YorkTimes Book Review
"This account of a fascinating and important figure in psychoanalysis. . . should reinvigorate interest in Horney's ideas. The story of her personal life, its relationship to her ideas, her reconceptualizing of feminine psychology... [are]
artfully explored in this engrossing account of her creativity."—Susie Orbach, Guardian
"Paris provides a brilliant and clear description of Horney's theories, their evolution, and their place in her personal history."—Virginia Hunter, author of Women,
Gender, and Psychoanalysis
" Paris tells us a great deal about Horney and ourselves—men as well as women."—Janet Sayers, London Review of Books
"The definitive work on Karen Homey, written with admirable clarity and a driving narrative thrust that held my attention from beginning to end."—Phyllis Grosskurth. author of Melanie Klein
Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review