About the book: 1999 / The monograph presents a unique work on a comparative analysis of basic psychoanalytic concepts. Professor at the University of Michigan J. Bloom, based on hundreds of experimental psychological studies and observations of anthropologists, compares the views of Freud, Jung, Adler, Rank, Horney, Erikson, Fromm and others on personality formation, defense mechanisms, psychosexual development, interpersonal relationships. The monograph not only has scientific merits, but is also an excellent textbook. The book is addressed to specialists in the humanities, primarily psychologists, psychiatrists, cultural experts and teachers, as well as to everyone who deeply studies psychoanalysis.