Karen Horney
Karen Horney
Karen Horneywas a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. She disagreed with Freud about inherent differences in the psychology of men and women, and she traced such differences to society and culture rather than biology. As...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth16 September 1885
CountryUnited States of America
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride
a normal human being ... does not exist.
Like all sciences and all valuations, the psychology of women has hitherto been considered only from the point of view of men.
The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.
Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality.