<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">That's funny, Glen. Karen Horney probably died before those men were born. I'm sure you will say that you want current research not ancient wisdom. I have no ulterior motive. Just look up "rationalization" in the index.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(60,64,67);font-family:roboto,helveticaneue,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">'Rationalization may be defined as self- deception by reasoning.' ... Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth</span><br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" dir="auto">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jun 29, 2020, 4:13 PM \u2204 u\u01ddl\u0183 <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gepropella@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Why always with the books? Papers! I want papers! Besides, does Horney's book criticize Aronson and Mills? I suspect not. It would suck to read a whole book thinking you recommended it for that reason and realizing you recommended it for some other bizarre reason unknown to me.<br>
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On 6/29/20 2:50 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:<br>
> As a defense mechanism rationalization is primarily characteristic of adolescence. "I know we're not supposed to climb up here but I don't see how it will hurt anything." But without explicit language (until confronted). <br>
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> If you want a reference, Glen, see Karen Horney "Neurosis and Human Growth".<br>
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