Superiority and Social Interest: A Collection of Later Writings

Two key ideas in Alfred Adler's thinking are reflected in these twenty-one papers: the individual's striving toward some kind of individually conceived superiority, perfection, or success and the healthy person's need to connect that striving with social interest--concern for the common good. The selections provide a survey of the wide range of Adler's theories and clinical experience and they include a long essay on religion and individual psychology and Adler's account of his differences with Freud. Each selection is given in its entirety, and the volume contains a biographical essay on Adler by his earliest important co-worker, Carl Furtm ller, and an extensive bibliography of Adler's writings.

Author: Alfred Adler
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/01/1979
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.12h x 4.84w x 1.13d
ISBN13: 9780393009101
ISBN10: 0393009106
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Movements | Behaviorism
- Psychology | Movements | Psychoanalysis