Alfred Adler and individual psychology in the new millennium

Strategies, principles and operational models underlying the thought of the founder of Individual Psychology

Stefano Calicchio

• Publisher: Stefano Calicchio
• Year: 2021
• eBook ISBN: 9791220266598
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: History & Theory in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Who was Alfred Adler and why were his studies fundamental to depth psychology? How did the Individual Psychology he theorised change the history of human thought forever? What was Adler's impact on the world?
This book is a journey into the legacy of Adlerian theory and depth psychology. It explores the significance of individual psychology in past and present society.
The journey begins with Adler's life and the role he played in the psychoanalytic movement, and continues with the operating principles of Adlerian psychological theory. We will discover Adler's impact and importance in the development of psychodynamics and the working principles of Adlerian theory through key concepts such as feelings of inferiority, neurosis, lifestyle and the development of social feeling.
The book will also highlight the practical implications of Adlerian theories in today's society, from pedagogy to sociology and general culture. Finally, it will proceed on a path of discovery towards the organisations and institutions that have taken up the Adlerian legacy, operating all over the world and spreading the principles of individual psychology.

[1]

Adler A., The Meaning of Life, Unabridged Edition (Introduction by Pier Luigi Pagani, edited by Egidio Ernesto Marasco, Translation by Stefania Bonarelli), Original title Der Sinn Des Lebens, January 1933, Newton Compton Editori Digital Edition (2012).

[2]

Adler A., What life should mean for you, (Original title What life should mean for you, 1931), Grandi tascabili economici Newton, Rome

[3]

From " Some curiosities about Alfred Adler's life ", paper edited by Daniela Bosetto for the Adlerian School of Psychotherapy of CRIFU, 18 May 2015.

[4]

The full genealogical reference is currently available on the Geni.com website at https://www.geni.com/people/Alfred-Adler-Dr-med/6000000010501063184.

[5]

This is how Pier Luigi Pagani (Honorary President of S.I.P.I.) expresses himself, contextualising the importance of childhood in the Adlerian approach, in his introduction to the digital version of Alfred Adler's work The Sense of Life, published by Newton Compton Editori (Alfred Adler, Il Senso della Vita, Newton Compton Editori, Roma pos. 97/3159).

[6]

Braham, R. L. The Politics of Genocide: The Holocaust in Hungary . Condensed Edition, Wayne State Univ Press, Detroit, 2000, p. 19.

[7]

The full definition can be found on the Encyclopaedia Treccani website at the following address: http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/rachitismo/

[8]

This thesis is supported in the following text: Ellemberger H. F., La scoperta dell'inconscio , Boringhieri, Turin, 1976, vol. II, p. 665.

[9]

The reference to the publication is available at the following address:

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-34418-7_13

[10]

Taken from Francesco Parenti's Introduction to Adler A.'s book, Cosa la vita dovrebbe significare per voi , (Original Title What life should mean for you, 1931), Grandi tascabili economici Newton, Rome

[11]

Extract from the 'Parents Grow Up' website http://genitoricrescono.com/vizi-rivincita-buon-senso/

[12]

The reference is to Aesop's fable about the two frogs who jumped over the edge of a bucket full of milk and fell in. One of them, after a few desperate attempts to get out, let herself die. The other one waved its legs so much that it whipped the milk into cream and was saved. In the most difficult moments, people heard this fable from Adler himself and understood the necessity of maintaining one's strength of mind in facing the situation.

[13]

Adler A., The knowledge of man in individual psychology . (Original title: Menschenlenntnis, 1921), Grandi tascabili economici Newton, Rome.

[14]

Varriale C., Alfred Adler communi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• ALFRED ADLER AND INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
• Table of contents
• INTRODUCTION
• THE LIFE OF ALFRED ADLER AND HIS ROLE IN THE PSYCHOANALYTIC MOVEMENT
• Rediscovering Alfred Adler: the biographical evidence of childhood
• Alfred Adler in his formative years
• The role of Alfred Adler in the emerging depth psychology
• The break with Freud and the development of individual psychology
• WORKING PRINCIPLES OF ADLERIAN THEORY
• Feeling and the inferiority complex
• Manly protest
• Neurosis according to Alfred Adler
• Key differences between the Adlerian and Freudian approaches
• Lifestyle, social feeling and Adlerian optimism orientation
• The meaning of life and man's tasks
• THE IMPORTANCE OF ADLER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIETY TODAY
• Adler's scientific production and literary legacy
• Adler's presence in other psychological currents
• The implications of the Adlerian approach in education and psychotherapy
• The Adlerian contribution to current culture
• ADLER IN THE WORLD: ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN UP THE ADLERIAN LEGACY AND SPREAD ITS PRINCIPLES
• Individual Psychology organisations in Europe
• Individual Psychology member organisations in the world
• CONCLUSIONS
• Bibliography
• Publications
• Sitography
• Notes