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Normative Psychoanalysis: How the Oedipal Dogma Shapes Consumer Culture Reviews

Normative Psychoanalysis: How the Oedipal Dogma Shapes Consumer Culture

NORMATIVE PSYCHOANALYSIS is both a critique of Sigmund Freud’s cultural concept of psychoanalysis, and Freud’s theory of the Oedipus Complex. Many young parents believe that psychoanalysis had contributed to the liberation of the child; they think it to be a form of permissiveness, or a variant of [...]

Basic Freud: Psychoanalytic Thought for the 21st Century

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Freud’s theories demonstrates why they are still indispensable to understanding ourselves and the way we behave. In Basic Freud, [...]

Pain and Pleasure: Masochism as a psychosexual disorder

Anytime one thinks they can apply a universal truth to humanity, it is bound to be contradicted. For example, pain and suffering is believed to be negative because they are not pleasurable. Enter the psychosexual disorder known as masochism. Sexual masochism has long captured the imaginations of psychologists and the curious. Sexual masochism is the [...]

The Electra complex

With Harry Potter Mania striking the heart of popular culture, it is important to stress that Harry Potterís tale of a child avenging family murder is a timeless theme in storytelling. Perhaps an even more prominent example of this featured Electra, daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. The Greek myth goes that her father [...]

The Oedipus complex in young males

The tale of Oedipus, the mythical Greek king of Thebes, and the fulfillment of his tragic fate continues to be a source of wonderment and odd inspiration. The story begins with the King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes frustrated at their inability to conceive. While seeking advice, an Oracle prophesizes that if they bear [...]

Freud's Psychosexual Stages

Our attempts to conceal our individual sexual inclinations through restraint or denial are ultimately a fruitless enterprise, Sigmund Freud argued. Even a newborn baby oozes with libido. Initially, this libido energy is directionless, requiring a compass to navigate and develop itself. Considering that this libido exists in the newborn suggests that is an essential component [...]

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