Review article

The Oedipus Complex in the Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Sanja Borovečki-Jakovljev
Stanislav Matačić

Abstract

In this article, authors have tried to answer the question: »Were is the place, and what is the meaning of the Oedipus complex in contemporary psychoanalysis?«. The review of different theoretical standpoints was given, according to meaning and place of the Oedipus complex in human development. Although it depends on the resolving of preoedipal conflicts, the conflicts of phallic phases of the psychosexual development are universal to all human being, no matter how we call them – Oedipus, Electra or Persephone Complex.

Keywords

Oedipus complex; preoedipal conflicts; psychoanalysis

Hrčak ID:

5202

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/5202

Publication date:

15.6.2005.

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