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The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler: A Systematic Presentation in Selections from His Writings (1956)

by Alfred Adler

Other authors: Rowena R Ansbacher (Editor)

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Reveals Adler's theories and contributions to the practice of psychology.
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The two editors present selections from the evolving works of Alfred Adler (1870-1937), the Viennese student and main critic of Freud.

Publishing from 1907 through 1937, the year of his death, Adler is often the source, always the pioneer, and usually the most lucid reference for such expressions as:

> inferiority (or superiority) complex;
> striving for self-enhancement/power;
> woman's revolt against her feminine role;
> the oversolicitous mother;
> dethronement of the first-born;
> need for affection;
> when maladjustment is spoken of as self-centeredness;
> psychological health as other-centeredness;
> psychiatry as science of interpersonal relations;
> neuroses as ego-defenses and forms of aggression;

Adler called his systemic work "Individual Psychology". Clearly this is a form of or related closely to subjective depth psychology, personalistic, or even gestalt psychology. The authors present this system in an abridged volume of Adler's work which is both authentic and organized.
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When we hear such expressions as feelings of inferiority and insecurity, striving for self-enhancement and power, woman’s revolt against her feminine role, the oversolicitous mother, the dethronement of the firstborn, the need for affection; when maladjustment is spoken of as selfcenteredness, psychological health as other-centeredness, psychiatry as the science of interpersonal relations, neurotic symptoms as ego-defenses and forms of aggression, to mention only a few instances—we are meeting ideas in which Alfred Adler was the pioneer from 1907, the date of his first
important publication, until his death in 1937.
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