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| + | =====Sigmund Freud===== | ||
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| + | The [[Oedipus complex]] is a concept used by [[Freud]] in his theory of the [[sexual difference|psychosexual stages]] of [[childhood]] [[development]]. | ||
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| + | The [[Oedipus complex]] is a concept used by [[Freud]] to describe the [[unconscious]] ([[sexual difference|sexual]]) [[desire]] of the [[child]] -- especially the [[male]] [[child]] -- for the parent of the opposite sex, and a concomitant sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex. | ||
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| + | =====Psychosexual Development===== | ||
| + | The [[Oedipus complex]] is absolutely central to [[Freud]]'s theory of the [[sexual difference|psychosexual stages]] of [[childhood]] [[development]]. | ||
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| + | The [[Oedipus complex]] is the central concept in [[Freud]]'s theory of the [[sexual difference|psychosexual stages]] of [[childhood]] [[development]]. | ||
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| + | The [[Oedipus complex]] occurs in the [[phallic stage]] of [[sexual difference|psychosexual stages]] [[development]]. | ||
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| + | =====''Oedipus Rex''===== | ||
| + | The term was named after the character in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex who accidentally kills his father and marries his mother. | ||
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| + | =====Early Work===== | ||
| + | In a letter to [[FLiess]] dated 17 October 1897, Freud remarks that [[Sophocles]]'s ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' has such "gripping power" because being in love with one's [[mother]] and jealous of one's [[father]] is "a universal event in early childhood."<ref>{{F}} 1985.</ref> | ||
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| + | According to Freud, the child must give up his sexual attraction for his mother in order to resolve this attraction and move to the next stage of psychosexual development. Failure to do so would lead the child to become fixated in this stage. Typically the Oedipus Complex refers to a boy wanting to possess his mother, while the Electra Complex refers to a girl wishing to possess her father. But don't be surprised if some refer to the Oedipus Complex for both boys and girls. | ||
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| + | The threat of punishment from the father causes repression of these id impulses. Conflict in little boys between their love for their mothers, their jealousy of their fathers, and their fear that their fathers will punish them for loving their mothers. Girls have a similar sexual desire for the father which is repressed in analogous fashion and is called the Electra complex. | ||
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Revision as of 19:06, 14 September 2006
| French: complexe d'Oedipe |
Sigmund Freud
The Oedipus complex is a concept used by Freud in his theory of the psychosexual stages of childhood development.
The Oedipus complex is a concept used by Freud to describe the unconscious (sexual) desire of the child -- especially the male child -- for the parent of the opposite sex, and a concomitant sense of rivalry with the parent of the same sex.
Psychosexual Development
The Oedipus complex is absolutely central to Freud's theory of the psychosexual stages of childhood development.
The Oedipus complex is the central concept in Freud's theory of the psychosexual stages of childhood development.
The Oedipus complex occurs in the phallic stage of psychosexual stages development.
Oedipus Rex
The term was named after the character in Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex who accidentally kills his father and marries his mother.
Early Work
In a letter to FLiess dated 17 October 1897, Freud remarks that Sophocles's Oedipus Rex has such "gripping power" because being in love with one's mother and jealous of one's father is "a universal event in early childhood."[1]
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According to Freud, the child must give up his sexual attraction for his mother in order to resolve this attraction and move to the next stage of psychosexual development. Failure to do so would lead the child to become fixated in this stage. Typically the Oedipus Complex refers to a boy wanting to possess his mother, while the Electra Complex refers to a girl wishing to possess her father. But don't be surprised if some refer to the Oedipus Complex for both boys and girls.
The threat of punishment from the father causes repression of these id impulses. Conflict in little boys between their love for their mothers, their jealousy of their fathers, and their fear that their fathers will punish them for loving their mothers. Girls have a similar sexual desire for the father which is repressed in analogous fashion and is called the Electra complex.
- ↑ Freud, Sigmund. 1985.
