Toward a New Psychology of Women / Edition 2

by Jean Baker Miller

Overview

In the twenty years since its publication, this book has become famous for its groundbreaking demonstration of how sexual stereotypes restrict men's and women's psychological development. Toward a New Psychology of Women revolutionized concepts of strength and weakness, dependency and autonomy, emotion, success, and power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900807029090
Publication date:	04/02/1987
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.42(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

Jean Baker Miller, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine and founding director of the Jean Beaker Miller Training Institute, a division of the Stone Center at Wellesley College.

Table of Contents

	Foreword to the Second Edition	ix
Part II	The Makings of the Mind-So Far	1
1	Domination-Subordination	3
	Temporary Inequality
	Permanent Inequality
2	Conflict - The Old Way	13
	Covert Conflict-Closed Conflict
	Overt Conflict-Open-Ended Conflict
3	The Importance of Unimportant People	21
Part II	Looking in Both Directions	27
4	Strengths	29
	Vulnerability, Weakness, Helplessness
	Emotions
	Participating in the Development of Others
	Cooperation
	Creativity
5	Doing Good and Feeling Bad	49
	Giving
	Activity-Passivity
	Change
	Feminine Evil and Women's Sense of Failure
6	Serving Others' Needs - Doing for Others	61
	The Integrating Element
	Departure of a Super-Wife
	Beginning of Change
	Strange Theories About "Human Nature"
	Ego Development
7	Outside "The Real World"	75
	Inside "The Real World"
Part III	Notes in a Future Key	81
8	Ties to Others	83
	How Connection Works
	The Search for Attachment - "Neuroses"
9	Becoming Oneself - Authenticity, Creativity	98
	Authenticity Through Cooperation
	Isolation
	Sexual Authenticity
	First Steps
	Creativity with a Place to Go
10	All This, But Not Enough	115
	Power
	Self-Determination
	Women's Fear of Power
	Masochism and Power
	Power and Non-Power Realms of Life
11	Reclaiming Conflict	125
	Suppressed Conflict
	The Crucible of Conflict
	Old Views and Forms of Conflict
	Initiating Conflict
	Waging Good Conflict
	Conflict Among Women Today
	Epilogue: Yes, But ...	141
	Notes	143
	Index	151

Editorial Reviews

Monumental in its innovative—possibly revolutionary—restructuring of our psychodynamic understanding of women. —Alexandra G. Kaplan, Contemporary Psychology

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