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Psychodynamic Theories
Horney: Psychoanalytic Social Theory
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Gender: Psychological perspectives (3rd ed.).

Brannon, L.. (2002). Gender: Psychological perspectives (3rd ed.).. Boston:: Allyn and Bacon..
In Chapter 5 of this book on the psychology of gender, Linda Brannon discusses the psychoanalytic approach to personality and provides a useful table for comparing Horney's psychoanalytical theory with that of Freud.

Theoretical considerations. In Neurosis and human growth: The struggle toward self-realization (pp. 366-378).

Horney, K.. (1950). Theoretical considerations. In Neurosis and human growth: The struggle toward self-realization (pp. 366-378).. New York:: Norton..
A concise summary of Horney's theoretical position, this book is more difficult than Our Inner Conflicts (1945), but the two sources together provide a comprehensive view of psychoanalytic social theory.

The flight from womanhood: The masculinity-complex in women as viewed by men and women. In H. Kelman (Ed.), Feminine psychology (pp. 54-70).

Horney, K.. (1967). The flight from womanhood: The masculinity-complex in women as viewed by men and women. In H. Kelman (Ed.), Feminine psychology (pp. 54-70).. New York:: Norton..
Originally published in 1926, this article is important because it represents the first significant opposition to Freud's views on penis envy and the female Oedipus complex written from a woman's perspective.

Karen Horney (1885-1952). In A. N. O'Connell & N. F. Russo (Eds.), Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook (pp. 185-196).

O'Connell, A. N.. (1990). Karen Horney (1885-1952). In A. N. O'Connell & N. F. Russo (Eds.), Women in psychology: A bio-bibliographic sourcebook (pp. 185-196).. New York:: Greenwood Press..
This chapter presents a brief account of Horney's career, her major contributions, and her influence on later personal theorists such as Abraham H. Maslow and Carl R. Rogers.

Karen Horney: A psychoanalyst's search for self-understanding.

Paris, B. J.. (1994). Karen Horney: A psychoanalyst's search for self-understanding.. New Haven, CT:: Yale University Press.
This book supplements Susan Quinn's (1987) biography by providing more information on Horney's inner struggles, her search for self-understanding, and her views on feminine psychology during her later years.

A mind of her own: The life of Karen Horney.

Quinn, S.. (1987). A mind of her own: The life of Karen Horney.. New York:: Summit Books..
An excellent biography of Horney.

Awakened to life: Sources of independence in the girlhood of Karen Horney. In M. M. Berger (Ed.), Women beyond Freud: New concepts of feminine psychology (pp 1-14).

Quinn, S.. (1994). Awakened to life: Sources of independence in the girlhood of Karen Horney. In M. M. Berger (Ed.), Women beyond Freud: New concepts of feminine psychology (pp 1-14).. New York:: Brunner/Mazel..
A very brief and readable summary of Horney's early life and later theories, by the author of a full-length biography on Horney.