Monina, I. A. Power Mania in Controversy of Nietzsche and Adler

Abstract: The author described the differences in Adler’s and Nietzsche’s conceptions of power mania. It is noted that Nietzsche viewed the will for the power as a part of ontological development and Adler saw it from the anthropological point of view. The author also revealed the role of the inferiority complex in formation of the power mania. Key words: psychology, power mania, inferiority complex, instinct, Eros and Thanatos, Will, slavery, slave, human, human psychology