Alfred Adler: Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case-Histories

by Philip Mairet

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Genres: Psychology

216 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

Philippe Auguste Mairet (1886 - 1975) was an English designer, writer and journalist. He had a wide range of interest: crafts, Alfred Adler and psychiatry, and Social Credit. He translated major figures including Jean-Paul Sartre. He wrote biographies of Sir Patrick Geddes and A.R. Orage, with both of whom he was closely associated, as well as of John Middleton Murry. As editor of the New English Weekly in the 1930s, he championed both Christian socialism, as it was known at the time, and ideas on agriculture that would come together later as organic farming.

Reviews

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a bit blown away by how sensible this book is. Adler is a really strong corrective to Freud. He has his own quirks and problems, but he seems to have a much wiser and more realistic view of the human person than his mentor. There is something like an emphasis on a fallen nature in his writings - don't think that just because Adler is responsible for the "Inferiority Complex" that he's a big self-esteem guy - and his strong emphasis on the person's struggle for superiority in terms of his "style of life" is not dissimilar to the Aristotelean view of man as pursuing the Good, however confused his conception of it might be. Also, his views on sexuality and the interaction of physical illness with neurotic symptoms are smart and reminded be a bit of Paul Tournier, in fact.

[junie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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