The Economics of Libido: Psychic Bisexuality, the Superego, and the Centrality of the Oedipus Complex

by Trevor C. Pederson

Overview

This book outlines three shibboleths of psychoanalysis: psychic bisexuality, the Oedipus complex, and social ontology. It affirms the centrality of the Oedipus complex and illustrates the characterological functioning of the pre-phallic superego.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782201779
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/05/2015
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Psychic bisexuality — “An array of ideal values”: ego psychology and the destiny of the Oedipus complex — “We cannot fall out of this world”: psychoanalysis and social ontology — Conclusion — On Wittgenstein’s private language argument