The real self and psychic interiority: a response to Drs. Paris, Horner, and Spero

Article Abstract:

A scholar of psychoanalysis responds to questions concerning his position on the "real self." The concept of a "real self," as described by Karen Horney, is an oxymoron because it is inherently idealized and suffused with the intangible and imaginative. He therefore rejects the concept because it is based on faulty logic, not simply because he disagrees with idealization.

Criticism and interpretation, Psychoanalysts, Self, Self (Psychology)

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The Hofgeismar lectures: a contemporary overview of Horneyan psychoanalysis

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The psychoanalytical theories of Karen Horney are examined, applied to a case study and then expanded upon. Horney rejected Freud's ideas that behavior could be biologically predestined, especially in the case of women, and believed that environment was the leading psychological factor and that neuroses was a self-defense reaction against overwhelming anxiety.

Social aspects, Care and treatment, Research, Case studies, Self-perception, Timidity, Psychoanalysis, Feminist psychology, Self-knowledge, Theory of, Self knowledge, Self perception, Alienation, Alienation (Social psychology), Neuroses, Horney, Karen

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'Cast Away' and the creation of the dialogic other - the apostrophe

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In the movie 'Cast Away,' Chuck Nolan, the character played by Tom Hanks, adopts a volleyball he names Wilson as dialogic other, or an apostrophe, something that stands in for something else. By discussing his experiences on the island with Wilson, he is able to deal with his isolation and loneliness.

Portrayals, Motion pictures, Movies, Dissociation (Psychology), Dissociative disorders, Solitude, Imaginary conversations, Cast Away (Motion picture)

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