CHAPTER VI. A Criticism of Bleuler's "theory of Schizophrenic Negativism" 200

A CRITICISM OF BLEULER'S "THEORY OF SCHIZOPHRENIC NEGATIVISM" 200

Bleuler's concept of ambivalency and ambitendency--Every tendency balanced by its opposite--Schizophrenic negativism--Bleuler's summary of its causes--The painfulness of the complex necessitates a censorship of its expression--Thought disturbance the result of a complex--Thought pressure due to schizophrenic introversion--Resistance springs from peculiar sexual development--Schizophrenia shows a preponderance of introversion mechanisms--The value of the complex theory concept.