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The notion of primary object corresponds to the constitution of the object of satisfaction of needs and wishes resulting from the first mother-infant encounter, even before questions of inside/outside, subject/object have been raised. Its incorporation constitutes the kernel of the ego.
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The [[notion]] of primary [[object]] corresponds to the [[constitution]] of the object of [[satisfaction]] of [[needs]] and wishes resulting from the first [[mother]]-[[infant]] [[encounter]], even before questions of [[inside]]/outside, [[subject]]/object have been raised. Its [[incorporation]] constitutes the kernel of the ego.
Freud postulates the existence of this first encounter beginning in 1895 in the "Project For a Scientific Psychology" (1950c). Nevertheless, a full theory of the primary object would have to wait for Melanie Klein and especially Donald Winnicott in 1952...
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[[Freud]] postulates the [[existence]] of this first encounter beginning in 1895 in the "[[Project]] For a [[Scientific]] [[Psychology]]" (1950c). Nevertheless, a [[full]] [[theory]] of the primary object would have to wait for Melanie [[Klein]] and especially Donald [[Winnicott]] in 1952...
  
  

Latest revision as of 21:21, 20 May 2019

The notion of primary object corresponds to the constitution of the object of satisfaction of needs and wishes resulting from the first mother-infant encounter, even before questions of inside/outside, subject/object have been raised. Its incorporation constitutes the kernel of the ego. Freud postulates the existence of this first encounter beginning in 1895 in the "Project For a Scientific Psychology" (1950c). Nevertheless, a full theory of the primary object would have to wait for Melanie Klein and especially Donald Winnicott in 1952...