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Rethinking Our Approach to Sexualities
NEWS , ANALYSIS , OPINION FOR THE PSYCHOANALYTIC COMMUNITY ISSUE 17 SPRING 2015 Queering Experience of Talking Training in analysis a gay trainee about couple 4 9 12 culture 14 therapy heterosexual functioning.3 This document Finally, in 1991, in response to a lawsuit, points out that there is no evidence the American Psychoanalytic Association that such therapy works, but plenty of adopted an Equal Opportunities policy Rethinking evidence that it increases the patient’s on admissions to training and issued its unhappiness. For all these reasons the historic Position Statement, updating it BPC Executive felt that something further the following year to cover recruitment needed to be done to create a greater sense of teaching staff and training analysts. our approach of openness and awareness of the issues APsaA also set up a system of committees involved in dealing with sexual diversity to identify and address bias affecting including, perhaps, explicit recognition gay and lesbian issues in their member to sexualities of the suffering that the psychoanalytic institutions.5 stance has caused in the past. Although this was a painful process, By Juliet Newbigin it forced a wide discussion of a kind ‘Heterosexuality that has never occurred in the UK, was seen as an except, perhaps, for a brief moment when Charles Socarides, the American N THIS ISSUE of New taken on sexual diversity until relatively expression of psychoanalyst who never abandoned his Associations we hope to introduce recently. Since psychoanalysis became psychological view that homosexuality was a borderline you to some of the work of the established in Britain, gay men and condition, was invited by the Association BPC’s task group which was set lesbians who applied to train were health.’ for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the upI to consider ways of making the refused entry, except in a very few NHS to give the annual lecture in 1995. -
Kristeva and the Political
KRISTEVA AND THE POLITICAL Julia Kristeva is one of the most influential French thinkers of the twen tieth century and is best known for her work in linguistics, feminist theory and psychoanalysis. Kristeva & the Political is the first book to explore and assess the relation of Kristeva's work to politics and the political. Kristeva & the Political casts new light on her work, connecting her to recent developments in literary theory, political theory and cultural studies. In particular it shows how Kristeva's account of art and psychoanalysis widens the notion of the political. Each chapter introduces a fundamental theme in Kristeva's work, high lighting a specific period of development in her thought and drawing on texts from the 1960s through to the 2000s. The book shows the continuity of her work on the political, as well as its scope. Kristeva & the Political demonstrates that her theory of revolt draws on specific notions of mater nity and alterity, love and recognition, embodiment and temporality, illuminating the radical potential of intimate spaces that are not tradition ally regarded as politically relevant. Cecilia Sjoholm is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at Sodertorn University College, Sweden. She is the author of The Antigone Complex: Ethics and the Invention of Feminine Desire. THINKING THE POLITICAL General editors: Keith Ansell Pearson University of Warwick Simon Critchley University of Essex Recent decades have seen the emergence of a distinct and challenging body of work by a number of Continental thinkers that has fundamentally altered the way in which philosophical questions are conceived and discussed. This work poses a major challenge to anyone wishing to define the essentially contestable concept of 'the political' and to think anew the political import and application of philosophy. -
The Oedipal Complex and Child Sexual Abuse Research: a Re-Examination of Freud's Hypothesis
DOCUMENT RESUME ED 332 137 CG 023 395 AUTHOR Kendall-Tackett, Kathleen A. TITLE The Oedipal Complex and Child Sexual Abuse Research: A Re-examination of Freud's Hypothesis. INSTITUTION New Hampshire Univ., Durham. Family Research Lab. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Bethesda, Md. PUB DATE May 91 CONTRACT NIMH-T32-MH15161 NOTE 15p. PUB TYPE Reports - General (140) -- Information Analyses (070) -- Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.) (120) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Child Abuse; *Parent Child Relationship; Research Problems; *Sexual Abuse; *Sexuality; Theories; Validity IDENTIFIERS Freud (Sigmund); Oedipal Conflict ABSTRACT In 1896, Sigmund Freud stated that early childhood seduction caused hysteria in his female patients. He later recanted his original finding and claimed that the reports of abuse he heard from his patients were not descriptions of real events, but his patients' expressions of unconscious childhood wishes. The theory of the Oedipal complex gave practitioners a reason for why they were hearing about seduction in childhood from their patients, and supported these practitioners in the belief that sexual abuse was a rare phenomenon. To date, research on child sexual abuse and children's knowledge of sexuality fails to support the Oedipal theory. The theory of the Oedipal complex, although criticized by many authors, continues to exert an influence on the field. It seems as though some have accepted this theory as "truth" and have not examined whether it is consistent with the growing body of knowledge. Given all of this, it must be seriously questioned whether this theory is useful for child abuse professionals. -
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study the Issue
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The issue of LGBT had existed in western countries since a long time ago. One of the western countries that had history with this issue was England. The LGBT issue has already existed in England since the middle of 100‟s A.D. It was started with a Roman Emperor named Hadrian, who declared himself as a homosexual (Keele University, n.d.). The declaration made by Hadrian was very crucial, for lead it the way for LGBT issue to be recognized in the British society. The self-recognition of Hadrian as a homosexual inspired Alcuin of York who was widely knows well known as David to write poems that used homosexuality as the main topic in 797(Keele University, n.d.). This phenomenon was happened in the middle of 19th century. As golden age of literature in Britain, LGBT issue also influenced British writers during this century. One of the British writers that have a strong bond with LGBT is Oscar Wilde. Wilde was born in 1854 on Ireland and Died in 1900. He was an English poet, novelist, and playwright. He was often mentioned as an eccentric writer and he was the leader of the aesthetic movement that advocated “Art for Art‟s sake”. He was once in imprisoned for two years with hard labor for homosexual practices. One of 1 2 the plays that have been often considered as his masterpiece was The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). Another influence of the LGBT phenomenon that was proven by the Wilde‟s novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray novel featured bisexual character, Dorian Gray in 1895. -
Science in Context Fear and Envy: Sexual Difference and The
Science in Context http://journals.cambridge.org/SIC Additional services for Science in Context: Email alerts: Click here Subscriptions: Click here Commercial reprints: Click here Terms of use : Click here Fear and Envy: Sexual Difference and the Economies of Feminist Critique in Psychoanalytic Discourse José Brunner Science in Context / Volume 10 / Issue 01 / March 1997, pp 129 - 170 DOI: 10.1017/S0269889700000302, Published online: 26 September 2008 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0269889700000302 How to cite this article: José Brunner (1997). Fear and Envy: Sexual Difference and the Economies of Feminist Critique in Psychoanalytic Discourse. Science in Context, 10, pp 129-170 doi:10.1017/ S0269889700000302 Request Permissions : Click here Downloaded from http://journals.cambridge.org/SIC, IP address: 109.66.70.204 on 12 Feb 2014 Science in Context 10, I (1997), pp. 129-170 JOSfiBRUNNER Fear and Envy: Sexual Difference and the Economies of Feminist Critique in Psychoanalytic Discourse The Argument This essay examines Freud's construction of a mythical moment during early childhood, in which differences between male and female sexual identities are said to originate. It focuses on the way in which Freud divides fear and envy between the sexes, allocating the emotion of (castration) fear to men, and that of (penis) envy to women. On the one hand, the problems of this construction are pointed out, but on the other hand, it is shown that even a much-maligned myth may still provide food for thought. Then, four critiques of Freud which have been articulated by prominent feminist psychoanalysts — Karen Horney, Nancy Chodorow, Luce Irigaray, and Jessica Benjamin — are presented, as well as the alternative visions of sexual identities which these thinkers have developed. -
The Collective Unconscious in Eugene O`Neill`S Desire Under The
Aleppo University Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department of English The Collective Unconscious in Eugene O`Neill`s Desire Under the Elms and Mourning Becomes Electra and George Bernard Shaw`s Pygmalion and Man and Superman: A Comparative Study By Diana Dasouki Supervised by Prof. Dr. Iman Lababidi A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts In English Literature 2018 i Dasouki Declaration I hereby certify that this work, "The Collective Unconscious in Eugene O`Neill`s Desire Under the Elms and Mourning Becomes Electra and George Bernard Shaw`s Pygmalion and Man and Superman: A Comparative Study", has neither been accepted for any degree, nor is it submitted to any other degrees. Date: / / 2018 Candidate Diana Dasouki ii Dasouki Testimony I testify that the described work in this dissertation is the result of a scientific research conducted by the candidate Diana Dasouki under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Iman Lababidi, professor doctor at the Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Aleppo University. Any other references mentioned in this work are documented in the text of this dissertation. Date: / / 2018 Candidate Diana Dasouki iii Dasouki Abstract This dissertation explores the theory of the collective unconscious in Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms and Mourning Becomes Electra and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and Man and Superman. The main objective is to study how the work of Jung has awakened interest in the unconscious and archetype psychology. The collective unconscious is a useful theory because studying literature, myth and religion through archetypes can reveal many deep and hidden meanings. -
Recognizing Female Desire and Subjectivity in the Oedipus Complex
Jenna Davis 1 Beyond Castration: Recognizing Female Desire and Subjectivity in the Oedipus Complex Je=aDavis Critical Theory Swathmore College December 2011 Jenna Davis 2 CHAPTER 1 Argument and Methodology Psychoanalysis was developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of Freud's most celebrated theories was that of the Oedipus complex, which explores the psychic structures that underlie sexual development. In the following chapters I will be examining the Oedipal and preoedipal stages of psychosexual development, drawing out their implicit gendered assumptions with the help of modern feminist theorists and psychoanalysts. I am pursuing a Lacanian reading of Freud, in which the biological roles of mother and father are given structural importance, so that whomever actually occupies these roles is less important than their positional significance. After giving a brief history of the evolution of psychoanalytic theory in the first chapter, I move on in the second chapter to explicate Freud's conception of the Oedipus complex (including the preoedipal stage) and the role of the Oedipal myth, making use of theorist Teresa de Lauretis. In the third chapter, I look at several of Freud's texts on femininity and female sexuality. I will employ Simone de Beauvoir, Kaja Silverman and de Lauretis to discuss male and female investments in femininity and the identities that are open to women. After this, Jessica Benjamin takes the focus away from individuals and incorporates the other in her theory of intersubjectivity. I end chapter three with Helene Cixous, Julia Kristeva and Luce Irigaray, who all attest to the necessity of symbolic female representation--Cixous proposes a specifically female manner of writing called ecriture feminine, Kristeva introduces the semiotic realm to contend with Lacan's symbolic realm, and Irigaray believes in the need for corporeal Jenna Davis 3 representation for women within a female economy. -
CPQ Medicine (2021) 12:3 Research Article
CPQ Medicine (2021) 12:3 Research Article CIENT PERIODIQUE Complex in Psychoanalysis Revisited: Freud, Jung, and the War Complex Desmond Ayim-Aboagye1* & Manuela Julietta Amorin2 1Regent University College of Science and Technology, Ghana, Uppsala University, Sweden 2Morgan State University, Maryland, USA *Correspondence to: Dr. Desmond Ayim-Aboagye, Regent University College of Science and Technology, Ghana, Uppsala University, Sweden. Copyright © 2021 Dr. Desmond Ayim-Aboagye, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Received: 06 July 2021 Published: 19 July 2021 Keywords: Complex; Delusions; Hannibal Odessey Complex; Narcissistic; Paranoid Schizoid; Psychoanalysis; Psychobiography; Psychopathic Disorder; Sadistic Personality Disorder; Schizophrenic Personality Disorders; Unconscious Conflicts Abstract Introduction Psychoanalysis clinical principles in the treatment of psychopathology have attracted philosophers and many professional psychologists for decades since its development. Some of these scholars have expanded what the pioneers, Freud and Jung, have earlier postulated. The discipline continues to engage modern scholars, some of who believe the psychoanalytic theory succinctly describes the reality of the individual’s unconscious mind conflicts, which finally appear to cause mental problems that make him grapple with pain and suffering for the rest of his life. Purpose The article endeavors to describe and explain the theory of complex, which was developed by Desmond Ayim-Aboagye, et al. (2021). Complex in Psychoanalysis Revisited: Freud, Jung, and the War Complex. CPQ Medicine, 12(3), 01-11. Desmond Ayim-Aboagye, et al., CPQ Medicine (2021) 12:3 Page 2 of 11 Sigmund Freud and later embellished by his foremost disciple, Carl Gustav Jung. -
Introduction to the Psychotherapy Module
Introduction to the Psychotherapy Module Dr Lucy Buckley Aims • Know what to expect from the psychotherapy module • Know about the beginnings of psychotherapy • Have an understanding of some of Freud’s key theories • Know about Klein’s theories of the paranoid- schizoid and depressive positions • Be aware of Winnicott’s theories of early development Content • Introduction to the module • Freud and his theories ⚫ Topographical model ⚫ Structural model ⚫ Dreams and neurotic symptoms ⚫ Sexual development ⚫ Klein’s theory of the paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions ⚫ Winnicott’s concepts of primary maternal preoccupation and the ‘good enough’ mother Overview of module • Outline of different therapeutic models • Assessment • Psychotherapy evidence base • Formulation – applying psychodynamic principles in psychiatric practice Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939 ⚫ Born in Freiberg, Moravia ⚫ Moved to Vienna, studied Medicine ⚫ Studied under Charcot in Paris – use of hypnosis, interest in hysteria ⚫ Worked as neurologist, then saw more cases of psychiatric illness ⚫ Development of psychoanalysis ⚫ 1939, fled Nazi occupation of Austria, settling in London ⚫ Died soon after outbreak of Second World War Freudian theory is based on several assumptions 1) Mental life can be explained 2) The mind has a specific structure and follows intrinsic laws 3) Mental life is evolutionary and developmental 4) The mind holds unconscious forces of tremendous intensity, which, though they might not be experienced directly, hold great influence over us 5) The mind is an -
UNIT 3 HUMANITIES Social Sciences
UNIT 3 HUMANITIES Social Sciences Meenakshi Malhotra Structure 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Objectives 3.3 Feminist Critiques of Knowledge : Philosophy 3.4 Feminist Critiques of Knowledge: Psychoanalysis 3.4.1 Psychoanalysis and Feminism 3.4.2 French Feminism 3.5 Feminist Critiques of Knowledge: Literature 3.5.1 Feminist Critique: Earlier Paradigms 3.5.2 Reading and Interpretation 3.6 Let Us Sum Up 3.7 Glossary 3.8 Unit End Questions 3.9 References 3.10 Suggested Readings 3.1 INTRODUCTION In the previous two units, you have read about how feminist perspectives have been crucial in dismantling the inherent biases in the natural sciences and the social sciences. This unit on feminist critiques of knowledge focuses on the disciplines of philosophy, literature and psychoanalysis, areas of study which fall under the rubric of humanities. These disciplines individually and collectively explore the meaning and implications of what it means to be human (derived from the term ‘humanitas’). Each discipline offers varying sets of frames or fixes on the world with its/their concomitant worldviews. Here, we will examine the assumptions underlying these disciplinary frameworks and scrutinize these assumptions (which are often unstated) from a variety of feminist perspectives. The effect of exploring these disciplines from feminist perspectives invariably results in disturbing and radically questioning our familiar understandings of traditional disciplinary frameworks. In the sections below, we will do this by looking specifically at the disciplines of philosophy, -
The Electra Complex in Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton's Poems
師大學報:人文與社會類 民國 97 年 .53(2) • 117- \30 The Electra Complex in Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton's Poems Shu-hua Chung Applied Foreign Languages, Tung-Fang Institute ofTechnology Abstract This paper aims to explore the theme of the Electra complex in the poems by two contemporaneous American female poets, Sylvia Plath (1 932-63) and Anne Sexton (1928-74). The theme ofthe Electra complex is dealt with by these two poets through their own unique treatments: Plath represents the theme through surrealist expression, namely, an emphasis on the expression of the imagination as realized in dreams and presented ostensibly without conscious control. Sexton shows the theme through sexual imagery and parallelism. These two poets demonstrate the same theme in diverge ways, but they share an affinity: Escaping from the development of their Electra complex, they reconstruct themselves by way of taking a feminist stance against patriarchy. When their Electra complex disappears, their self-consciousness increases; consequently, they yeam for the independence to flee from their fathers. In this paper, 1 propose to use the theory of the Electra complex as presented in Sigmund Freud's Sexuality and the Psychology 01 Love as a critical tool to analyze the uniqueness and similarities within their poems. The poems that will be discussed include Sylvia Plath's “Full Fathom Five,"“Electra on Azalea Path,"“The Beekeeper's Daughter,"“The Colossus," and “ Wintering;" Anne Sexton's “ The Moss of His Skin,"“All My Pretty Ones,"“And One for My Dame,"“The Papa and Mama Dance," and “ Briar Rose." In my paper, 1 attempt to examine their description of their fathers and their ambivalent feelings towards their fathers. -
Classical Psychoanalysis Psikologi Kepribadian
Classical Psychoanalysis Psikologi Kepribadian Rizqy Amelia Zein 2017-09-14 1 / 67 [1] Image credit: Giphy 2 / 67 Classical Psychoanalysis [...also known as Ego Psychology, Psychodynamics] 3 / 67 First things rst: Instinct! 4 / 67 Instincts (1) Freud denes it as the motivating forces that drive behaviour and determine its direction. Instinct (or Trieb in German), is a form of energy, that is transformed into physical energy and serve its function to connect the physical and psychological needs. Freud argues that human always experience instinctual tension and unable to escape from it. So most of our activities are directed to reduce this tension. People could have different ways to reduce the tension (e.g. sexual drives can manifest in various sexual behaviours). It's also possible to substitute the objects (displacement) and this process is primarily important to determine one's behaviour. Freud coined the terms "life" and "death" instincts, which posit different process of primal motivations. 11 / 67 Instincts (2) The Life Instinct 1. Serve the purpose of survival of the individual and the species by seeking to satisfy the needs for food, water, air, and sex. 2. The life instincts are oriented toward growth and development. The psychic energy manifested by the life instincts is the libido. 3. The libido can be attached to or invested in objects, a concept Freud called cathexis. 4. So if you like Ryan Gosling so much, for example, then your libido is cathected to him. 12 / 67 Instincts (2) The Death Instinct 1. In opposition to the life instincts, Freud postulated the destructive or death instincts.