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Karen Horney

1885 - 1952

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Karen Horney (; German: [ˈhɔʁnaɪ]; née Danielsen; 16 September 1885 – 4 December 1952) was a German psychoanalyst who practiced in the United States during her later career. Her theories questioned some traditional Freudian views. This was particularly true of her theories of sexuality and of the instinct orientation of psychoanalysis. She is credited with founding feminist psychology in response to Freud's theory of penis envy. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Horney is the 31st most popular psychologist (down from 27th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from Germany (down from 310th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Psychologist.

Karen Horney is most famous for her work with sex offenders. She wrote the book, "The Rapist's Wife: What She Knew and How She Lives with the Consequences," which tells the story of her marriage to a convicted rapist.

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS

Among psychologists, Karen Horney ranks 31 out of 235. Before her are Melanie Klein, Wilhelm Reich, Gustav Fechner, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Aaron T. Beck, and Alfred Binet. After her are Princess Marie Bonaparte, Howard Gardner, Gordon Allport, Paul Ekman, Hermann Rorschach, and Jerome Bruner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Karen Horney ranks 18. Before her are François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, Robert Delaunay, and George de Hevesy. After her are André Maurois, Ernst Bloch, Umberto Nobile, Ernst Busch, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Mikhail Frunze. Among people deceased in 1952, Karen Horney ranks 10. Before her are Eva Perón, John Dewey, Alexandra Kollontai, Chaim Weizmann, Wilm Hosenfeld, and Paul Éluard. After her are Benedetto Croce, Sven Hedin, Elena of Montenegro, Walter Schellenberg, Khorloogiin Choibalsan, and Paramahansa Yogananda.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karen Horney ranks 421 out of 7,253. Before her are Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France (1731), Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845), Franz Bopp (1791), Richard von Weizsäcker (1920), Karl Haushofer (1869), and Alexander Grothendieck (1928). After her are Christian III of Denmark (1503), Friedrich Carl von Savigny (1779), Emil Nolde (1867), Gerd Binnig (1947), Otto Dix (1891), and Levi Strauss (1829).

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Among PSYCHOLOGISTS In Germany

Among psychologists born in Germany, Karen Horney ranks 5. Before her are Erich Fromm (1900), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Erik Erikson (1902), and Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850). After her are Hans Eysenck (1916), Ernst Heinrich Weber (1795), Kurt Koffka (1886), Fritz Perls (1893), William Stern (1871), Karl Bühler (1879), and Karl Abraham (1877).

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