Triangularity in separation
- Traditional psychoanalytic literature tends to present issues of separation as a two-person dilemma. Current understanding, however, seems to challenge that view. The recent realization that there is no such thing as a baby, but only a mother-and-baby unit, has opened the way to the further understanding that there is no such thing as a mother-and-baby unit >extra-context<. In other words, there is always a father in the background – be he real or phantasized. Separation, therefore, cannot but be conceptualized as involving a triangle. It should never be forgotten that Oedipus’s own life history starts with a separation initiated by a father and acquiesced with by a mother. The aim of this paper is to present some thoughts on the Oedipal (i.e., triangular) dimension of separation.
MetadatenAuthor: | Christo Joannidis |
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Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 28 (No. 3, 2019), pp. 147-154. |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2019 |
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Release Date: | 2020/11/03 |
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Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
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IdNo: | Joannidis_C_2019 |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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