Dietmar Seel, Burkhard Ullrich, Florian Daniel Zepf, Siegfried Zepf

Oedipus and the Oedipus Complex (eBook, PDF)

A Revision

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In contemporary psychoanalytic thought, Freud's concept of the Oedipus complex is inclined to overshadow the interpretation of the myths surrounding Oedipus. The authors counter this situation by reversing it, utilizing the Oedipus myths to interpret the Oedipus complex. In so doing they expose it as a sheer cover story. They unmask the Oedipus complex, revealing it to be a drama staged not by Oedipus but by Jocasta, the mother, and Laius, the father. For neither Sophocles' drama nor the Oedipus myths give any indication that Oedipus is enamoured of Jocasta and born with the intention of killing his father Laius. What the myths do mention are Jocaste's passion for Oedipus whom she loves more than his father and Laius' desire to eliminate Oedipus as his rival from birth. Freud neglected these aspects of the Oedipal myths. In uncovering them the authors come to the conclusion that Oedipus did not have an Oedipus complex.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429902475
• Artikelnr.: 54155677

Autorenporträt

Dietmar Seel

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Two questions
The abandonment of the seduction theory-reasons
The invention of the Oedipus complex
The myth of the primal horde
The myth of the dissolution of the Oedipus complex
Oedipus myths
Freud's blind spot
Oedipus myths and the Oedipus complex
The heterosexual and homosexual processing of the oedipal drama
Unconscious oedipal messages and answers
Oedipus Tyrannus-a cover story
Oedipus at Colonus-the lost blindness