Social Interest

Part 1 Our conception of ourselves and the world: life style and beliefs; life - a matter of "fact"?. Part 2 The psychological approach to investigating life style: the intuitive approach; the philosophical approach; the scientific approach; psychoanalysis and individual psychology; how individual psychology approaches personality and life style; the inferiority and superiority complexes and social interest. Part 3 The tasks of life: facing life's problems; social interest -childhood beginnings; the pampered child; what else can hinder the growth of social interest?; family relationships; childhood illness; social interest at school; sexual awakening; communal life; work; love, marriage and children; withdrawal from social interest; other tests of social interest. Part 4 The problem of body and soul: an evolutionary perspective; mental equilibrium is constantly threatened; how mind and body influence one another; a case study. Part 5 Form, movement and character: a "scientific" look at the human "form"; the meaning of physical form; the meaning of movement. Part 6 The inferiority complex: inadequacy - the impulse for development; the sense of inferiority in child development; aggression; the place of social interest in humanity's progress; critical behaviour; social interest and emotional development; the effects of lack of social interest; neurosis and psychosomatic disorders; individual behaviour; the inferiority complex. Part 7 The superiority complex: characteristics of the superiority complex (1); social implications of the superiority complex; characteristics of the superiority complex (2); a word of caution; further reflections. Part 8 Types of maladjustment: types and individuals; problem children; neurosis; suicide; criminal tendencies; addiction. Part 9 The unreal world of the pampered: childhood beginnings; each case is unique; early relationships and life style; characteristics of pampered individuals; advantages of individual psychology's approach. Part 10 What really is a neurosis?: a problem of definition; neurosis and the sense of inferiority; explaining the symptoms of neurosis; causes and dynamics of neurosis; dreams; conclusions. Part 11 Sexual deviance: different psychological approaches; individual psychology's approach; the development of sexual deviance in individuals; interpreting the evidence - a case study; concluding remarks. Part 12 Earliest childhood memories: the unity of the ego; memory and life style; Freud misses the point; case studies. Part 13 Socially obstructive situations in childhood and their removal: family relationships; childhood illness; sex education; position in the family group - the only child, the firstborn, the second child, the youngest child; areas for further research. Part 14 Daydreams and night dreams: imagination's role in life style; creativity; imagination and the goal of superiority; understanding dreams; the Freudian theory of dreams - a critique; dreams maintain a distance from social