| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction: Human Nature and the Heroic | p. 1 |
| The Depth Psychology of Heroism | p. 9 |
| The Terror of Death | p. 11 |
| The Recasting of Some Basic Psychoanalytic Ideas | p. 25 |
| Human Character as a Vital Lie | p. 47 |
| The Psychoanalyst Kierkegaard | p. 67 |
| The Problem of Freud's Character, Noch Einmal | p. 93 |
| The Failures of Heroism | p. 125 |
| The Spell Cast by Persons - The Nexus of Unfreedom | p. 127 |
| Otto Rank and the Closure of Psychoanalysis on Kierkegaard | p. 159 |
| The Present Outcome of Psychoanalysis | p. 176 |
| A General View of Mental Illness | p. 208 |
| Retrospect and Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Heroism | p. 253 |
| Psychology and Religion: What Is the Heroic Individual? | p. 255 |
| References | p. 286 |
| Index | p. 305 |