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Arno Gruen

Born

in Berlin, Germany

May 26, 1923

Died

October 20, 2015

Genre

Psychology, Psychoanalysis

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Dr. Arno Gruen was born in Berlin in 1923 and emigrated to the United States as a child in 1936. After completing his graduate studies in psychology at New York University, he trained in psychoanalysis under Theodor Reik. Dr. Gruen has held many teaching posts, including seventeen years as professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Since 1979 he has lived and practiced in Switzerland. Widely published in German, his groundbreaking first book to be released in English, The Betrayal of the Self, was published by Grove Press in 1988.

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	Betrayal of the Self: The Fear of Autonomy in Men and Women by Arno Gruen, Ashley Montagu (Foreword), Gaetano Benedetti (Introduction) 4.48 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1984 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness 4.35 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wider den Gehorsam 4.07 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Empatinin Yitimi: Kayıtsızlık Politikası Üzerine by Arno Gruen, İlknur İgan (Translator) 4.48 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Fremde in uns 4.26 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verratene Liebe - Falsche Götter 4.24 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1991 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wider die kalte Vernunft 3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dem Leben entfremdet: Warum wir wieder lernen müssen zu empfinden 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Kampf Um Die Demokratie: Der Extremismus, Die Gewalt Und Der Terror 3.95 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wider den Terrorismus 3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“All representatives of the ideology of power, which is based on a false conception of the self, fear people who are inner-directed and have contempt for them because it is a fear that cannot be acknowledged. It makes no difference if one is on the right or left politically. What we are faced with on all sides is an obsession with power, rather than an openness to reality with all its rich and vital possibilities.”
― Arno Gruen, The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness

tags: centroversion, conformity, groupthink, introversion, self-hate

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“Tschechow verstand, daß Feindseligkeit, Bösartigkeit und Sadismus das Ergebnis von Hilflosigkeit und Selbstverachtung sind; daß sie alle durch Anpassung an eine hyperkritische soziale Realität erzeugt werden und nicht eienr angeborenen Aggression zuzuschreiben sind.”
― Arno Gruen

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“Conformist thinking is self-defeating because it knows only the categories of punishment and submission, but not the potential that lies in understanding. The image of the enemy must be maintained at all costs; for this reason, the "enemy" must never be humanized. Both the revolutionary and the conformist depend on the image of the enemy; they need it in order to rationalize their violence to maintain their positions.”
― Arno Gruen, The Insanity of Normality: Toward Understanding Human Destructiveness

tags: conformity, groupthink, rebellion, self-hate

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