Two key ideas in Alfred Adler s thinking are reflected in these twenty-one papers: the individual s striving toward some kind of individually conceived superiority, perfection, or success and the healthy person s need to connect that striving with social interest concern for the common good. The selections provide a survey of the wide range of Adler s theories and clinical experience and they include a long essay on religion and individual psychology and Adler s account of his differences with Freud. Each selection is given in its entirety, and the volume contains a biographical essay on Adler by his earliest important co-worker, Carl Furtmuller, and an extensive bibliography of Adler s writings."