Karen Horney pioneered such now-familiar concepts as alienation, self-realization, and the idealized image. In this book she develops a dynamic theory of neurosis centred on the basic conflict among the attitudes of moving towards, moving against, and moving away from people.

Karen Horney pioneered such now-familiar concepts as alienation, self-realization, and the idealized image. In this book she develops a dynamic theory of neurosis centred on the basic conflict among the attitudes of moving towards, moving against, and moving away from people.