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The expression [[father complex]] was used by [[Sigmund Freud]] in the period 1910-1913 to designate [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] and of [[castration]] [[anxiety]] relating to the [[father]], and therefore to the [[Oedipus complex]]. | The expression [[father complex]] was used by [[Sigmund Freud]] in the period 1910-1913 to designate [[feeling]]s of [[guilt]] and of [[castration]] [[anxiety]] relating to the [[father]], and therefore to the [[Oedipus complex]]. | ||
| − | The expression first appears in the article "The Future Prospects of Psycho-Analytic Therapy" (1910d), when [[Freud]] wrote that "in male patients the most important resistances in the treatment seem to be derived from the father complex and to express themselves in fear of the father, in defiance of the father and in disbelief of the father" (p. 144). | + | The expression first appears in the article "The [[Future]] Prospects of [[Psycho]]-[[Analytic]] [[Therapy]]" (1910d), when [[Freud]] wrote that "in [[male]] [[patients]] the most important [[resistances]] in the [[treatment]] seem to be derived from the father complex and to express themselves in [[fear]] of the father, in defiance of the father and in disbelief of the father" (p. 144). |
| − | He attributed specifically to [[Carl Gustav Jung]] the coinage of the term [[complex]], and in the same year he used it in developing the expression "Oedipus complex," which was at this time nearly synonymous with "father complex." | + | He attributed specifically to [[Carl Gustav Jung]] the coinage of the term [[complex]], and in the same year he used it in developing the expression "[[Oedipus]] complex," which was at this [[time]] nearly synonymous with "father complex." |
| − | The expression was hardly ever used by [[Freud]] again, except in ''[[Totem and Taboo]]'' (1912-13a), where it took on a more specific meaning. | + | The expression was hardly ever used by [[Freud]] again, except in ''[[Totem and Taboo]]'' (1912-13a), where it took on a more specific [[meaning]]. |
| − | Here, in essence, it referred to the [[guilt]] and [[castration]] [[anxiety]] experienced by the son in the "[[primitive horde]]" after the murder of the [[father]], which in turn led to the [[repression]] of [[incest]]uous [[wish]]es toward the [[mother]]. | + | Here, in [[essence]], it referred to the [[guilt]] and [[castration]] [[anxiety]] experienced by the son in the "[[primitive horde]]" after the [[murder]] of the [[father]], which in turn led to the [[repression]] of [[incest]]uous [[wish]]es toward the [[mother]]. |
Transmitted from generation to generation, this complex explains the permanence and [[universality]] of the [[Oedipus complex]]. | Transmitted from generation to generation, this complex explains the permanence and [[universality]] of the [[Oedipus complex]]. | ||
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| − | * Freud, Sigmund. (1910d). The future prospects of psychoanalytic therapy. SE, 11: 139-151. | + | * [[Freud, Sigmund]]. (1910d). The future prospects of [[psychoanalytic]] therapy. SE, 11: 139-151. |
| − | * ——. (1912-13a). Totem and taboo. SE, 13: 1-161. | + | * ——. (1912-13a). [[Totem]] and [[taboo]]. SE, 13: 1-161. |
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Latest revision as of 07:13, 24 May 2019
The expression father complex was used by Sigmund Freud in the period 1910-1913 to designate feelings of guilt and of castration anxiety relating to the father, and therefore to the Oedipus complex.
The expression first appears in the article "The Future Prospects of Psycho-Analytic Therapy" (1910d), when Freud wrote that "in male patients the most important resistances in the treatment seem to be derived from the father complex and to express themselves in fear of the father, in defiance of the father and in disbelief of the father" (p. 144).
He attributed specifically to Carl Gustav Jung the coinage of the term complex, and in the same year he used it in developing the expression "Oedipus complex," which was at this time nearly synonymous with "father complex."
The expression was hardly ever used by Freud again, except in Totem and Taboo (1912-13a), where it took on a more specific meaning.
Here, in essence, it referred to the guilt and castration anxiety experienced by the son in the "primitive horde" after the murder of the father, which in turn led to the repression of incestuous wishes toward the mother.
Transmitted from generation to generation, this complex explains the permanence and universality of the Oedipus complex.
The expression father complex has almost entirely disappeared from usage in contemporary psychoanalysis.
References
- Freud, Sigmund. (1910d). The future prospects of psychoanalytic therapy. SE, 11: 139-151.
- ——. (1912-13a). Totem and taboo. SE, 13: 1-161.
