Neurza a lidsk rst (2026)

In Neurosis and Human Growth, Karen Horney examines the neurotic process as a distinct form of human development, one that diverges from and opposes healthy growth. With exceptional psychological insight, she describes its stages, neurotic claims, the tyranny of inner dictates and the typical neurotic solutions people use to ease tensions arising from inner conflicts. These conflicts stem from opposing attitudes of dominance, self-effacement, dependence and resignation, and profoundly affect the possibilities of human self-realisation. One of the most original figures in modern psychoanalysis, Horney expanded its scope to include the cultural and relational context of human life. She introduced such now-classic concepts as alienation, the idealised self-image and self-realisation. This key work offers a deep, systematic examination of the forces that support human development or hinder it. The contents are in Czech.