In her words, her theory is constructive because "it allows us for the first time to tackle and resolve neurotic hopelessness. . . . Neurotic conflicts cannot be resolved by rational decision. . . . But [they] can be resolved by changing the conditions within the personality that brought them into being."

    What makes this work so important is that it returned the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato.

    

    Investigating the relationship between biological needs and external influences—the tensions and inhibitions that nurture neuroses—Fenichel concludes that "neuroses are social diseases," arising from the demands of civilization on the developing organism. For this 50th anniversary edition, distinguished psychoanalyst Leo Rangell has written an introduction to set the context of Fenichel's work and an epilogue to describe its influence.

    Jung was one of the great thinkers of our time. In the course of his long medical practice he reflected deeply on human nature and human problems, and his profile writings bear witness to his wisdom and insight. This anthology of his writings, containing nearly thirteen hundred quotations is the perfect introduction to jung's works.

    Originally Psychologische BetrachtungenA collection of short passages from many of Jung's publications.

    A leader in the treatment and prevention of mental illness, Karl Augustus Menninger, along with his family founded one of the world's most renowned psychiatric clinics in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. The distinguished Menninger, often called the dean of American psychiatry was also a best-selling author whose landmark books, The Human Mind and Man Against Himself, celebrated the need for individuals to have self-respect and self-understanding and introduced psychiatry to a vast audience. Contents: Principles: Introductory Section, Dealing with Modern Conceptions of Mind and Health: Personalities: Synthetic Section, Dealing with the External Appearances of the Assembled Machine in Action and Particularly in Disaster; Symptoms: Analytic Section, Dealing with the Parts of the Machine, Dismantled; Motives: Dynamic Section, Dealing with the Sources and Distribution of the Power that Drives the Machine; Treatments: Pragmatic Section, Dealing with the Technique of Repairs; and Applications: Philosophic Section, Dealing with Extensions of Psychiatric Theory.