Changes

'''Karl [[Abraham]]''' (3 May 1877 - 25 December 1925) was an early [[Germany|German]] [[psychoanalyst]], and a correspondent of [[Sigmund Freud]]. He founded the [[Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute]], and was the president of the [[International Psychoanalytical Association]].

Karl Abraham added to [[Freud]]'s [[stages ]] of early [[libidinal ]] [[development ]] ([[oral]], [[anal]], [[phallic]], [[genital]]) more precise subdivisions, based not only on the [[sexual ]] aims (i.e., actions) of a [[drive ]] but on its sexual [[objects]]. For Abraham, the [[subject]]'s relation to his sexual objects is marked by corresponding stages of "[[love]]" ranging from "[[auto-erotism]]" in the earlier oral [[stage ]] to [[full ]] "[[object]]-love" in the final [[genital stage]]. In the genital [[phase]], [[The Subject|the subject ]] ideally overcomes all traces of earlier stages, resolves the [[Oedipus ]] adn [[castration ]] [[complexes]], and transfers the [[feeling ]] of affection or hostility which he entertains toward his [[patients ]] on to the environemnt; he thus is ready for subsequent [[adaptation ]] to [[society]]. It is in the elaboration of these different stages in [[terms ]] of their relevance for [[character ]] development that Abraham orchestrates differences between "genital" and "[[pregenital]]" characters.<ref>Muller, John P. and William J. Richardson. [[Lacan ]] and [[Language]]: A Reader's [[Guide ]] to [[Ecrits]]. New York: International Universiites Press, Inc., 1982.</ref>

<blockquote>The excessive [[value ]] [the collector] places on the object he collects corresponds completely to the lover's overestimation of his sexual objct. A [[passion ]] for collecting is frequently a direct surrogate for a sexual [[desire]]; and in that cse a delicate [[symbolism ]] is often concealed behind the [[choice ]] of objects collected. A bachelor's keenness for collecting often diminishes after he has [[married]]; and it is well known that interest in collecting varies in different periods of [[life]].<ref>Direction of the [[Treatment]]. p. 245b/606. Abraham. 1908. p.67</ref></blockquote>

*A considerable [[number ]] of persons are able to protect themselves against the outbreak of serious [[neurotic ]] phenomena only through intense [[work]].

: [[theory ]] of [[part-object]]s p. 188

{{CFFC}}|Abraham, Karl]]