Critical Evaluation of Karen Horney's Theory
CRITICAL EVALUATION OF KAREN HORNEY’S PSYCHOANALYSIS
* The concept of narcissism * The emphasis on childhood * The ‘id’ and the ‘ego’ * Feminine psychology * The death instinct * Anxiety * Neurotic guilt feelings - By Group 3
SHRADDHA
MANISHA
DIMPLE
BIJAL INDERJEET
RESHMA
DHARA HITAKSHI
The Concept of Narcissism
According to psychoanalytical theories Narcissism includes vanity, conceit, craving for prestige and admiration, a desire to be loved in connection with an incapacity to love others, withdrawal from others, ideals, anxious concern about health, appearance, intellectual faculties. They believe that individual with narcissism concern only about the self or attitudes towards the self. In contrast author of this book believes that the person loves and admires himself for values for which there is no adequate foundation. Also narcissist expects love and admiration from others for qualities that one does not possess, or does not possess to as large an extent as he supposes. Furthermore there are two tendencies which according to author which cannot be separated i.e. appearing unduly significant to oneself and craving undue admiration from others. Secondly according to psychoanalytic view the origin of these manifestations is assumed to be the narcissistic libido i.e. purely in genetics of individual as Freud has faith in the concept of instincts. Other theorist also gave importance to the disturbances in the relationships to others and disturbances in childhood by the environmental influences. According to author fundamental factors which appears to contribute to the development of narcissism are child’s alienation from others, provoked by ground of complaints and fear one has.
Other environmental facts like parent’s feelings and behavior toward child. For instance if parents regularly yell on child that they are good for
* The concept of narcissism * The emphasis on childhood * The ‘id’ and the ‘ego’ * Feminine psychology * The death instinct * Anxiety * Neurotic guilt feelings - By Group 3
SHRADDHA
MANISHA
DIMPLE
BIJAL INDERJEET
RESHMA
DHARA HITAKSHI
The Concept of Narcissism
According to psychoanalytical theories Narcissism includes vanity, conceit, craving for prestige and admiration, a desire to be loved in connection with an incapacity to love others, withdrawal from others, ideals, anxious concern about health, appearance, intellectual faculties. They believe that individual with narcissism concern only about the self or attitudes towards the self. In contrast author of this book believes that the person loves and admires himself for values for which there is no adequate foundation. Also narcissist expects love and admiration from others for qualities that one does not possess, or does not possess to as large an extent as he supposes. Furthermore there are two tendencies which according to author which cannot be separated i.e. appearing unduly significant to oneself and craving undue admiration from others. Secondly according to psychoanalytic view the origin of these manifestations is assumed to be the narcissistic libido i.e. purely in genetics of individual as Freud has faith in the concept of instincts. Other theorist also gave importance to the disturbances in the relationships to others and disturbances in childhood by the environmental influences. According to author fundamental factors which appears to contribute to the development of narcissism are child’s alienation from others, provoked by ground of complaints and fear one has.
Other environmental facts like parent’s feelings and behavior toward child. For instance if parents regularly yell on child that they are good for