Karen Horney: Kadın Psikolojisinin Öncüsü Kitabı Üzerine İnceleme Yazısı

Year 2023, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 631 - 635, 29.08.2023

Öznur Yemez

Abstract

Penned by the American author Susan Tyler Hitchcock, the biographical book Karen Horney: Pioneer of Feminine Psychology was published by Chelsea House Publishing as the first one of biography series entitled Women in Medicine. The book is composed of eight main chapters along with a chronology, and a glossary provided at the end for readers who are not familiar with basic psychoanalytical terms. It starts with the chapter “The Cost of Having New Ideas” which serves as a general introduction to the life and brilliant career of Horney. This paper offers a descriptive review on the book.

Keywords

Karen Horney, kadın psikolojisi, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Sigmund Freud

A Book Review On Karen Horney: A Pioneer of Feminine Psychology

Abstract

Penned by the American author Susan Tyler Hitchcock, the biographical book Karen Horney: Pioneer of Feminine Psychology was published by Chelsea House Publishing as the first one of biography series entitled Women in Medicine. The book is composed of eight main chapters along with a chronology, and a glossary provided at the end for readers who are not familiar with basic psychoanalytical terms. It starts with the chapter “The Cost of Having New Ideas” which serves as a general introduction to the life and brilliant career of Horney. This paper offers a descriptive review on the book.

Keywords

Karen Horney, feminine psychology, Susan Tyler Hitchcock, Sigmund Freud

References

• Hitchcock, Susan Tyler (2005). Karen Horney: Pioneer of Feminine Psychology. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers.