Alfred Adler - Emberismeret (2022)

Long recognized as a handbook of individual psychology, the book Human Knowledge offers a comprehensible introduction to the basics of Adler's ideas, during which he distanced himself from the ideas of his colleague, Freud. This includes the inferiority and superiority complex; memories and dreams; love marriage and children; and sexuality and sexual problems. According to Adler, mistakes made in business or science are costly and bitter, but mistakes in life often endanger life itself.

The purpose of the book, originally published in 1927, is to introduce the basics of individual psychology to the general public. At the same time, it also presents the practical implementation of the principles in our everyday relationships and in the organization of our personal lives. The volume gathered from the materials of a year-long lecture given to the students of the People's Institute in Vienna highlights how the wrong behavior of individuals affects community harmony; teaches people to recognize their wrongdoings; and finally, it shows them how to achieve a harmonious adaptation to community life.

Adler's holistic, individual-centered approach is still decisive for students, the general public, and professionals alike to this day.

ALFRED ADLER (1870 – 1937) Austrian doctor, psychotherapist, founder of the school of individual psychology. He began his medical practice in Vienna, then moved to the United States of America in 1935.