CONTENTS - 
Introduction 
I. Cultural and Psychological Implica- 
tions of Neuroses ’ 
II. Reasons for Speaking of a ‘‘Neurotic 
Personality of Our Time’ 
ITI. Anxiety 
IV. Anxiety and Hostility 
V. The Basic Structure of Neuroses 
VI. The Neurotic Need for Affection 
VII. Further Characteristics of the Neu- 
rotic Need for Affection 
VIII. Ways of Getting Affection and Sen- 
sitivity to Rejection 
IX. The Role of Sexuality in the Neurotic 
Need for Affection 
X. The Quest for Power, Prestige and 
Possession 
XI. Neurotic Competitiveness 
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