Psychodynamics commencing in early childhood : the case for an additional tripartite complex /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Osman, Marvin P., 1924- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Psychodynamic psychotherapy and assessment in the twenty-first century.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The building blocks of an earlier-life Oedipus complex
  • How might the earlier complex lend additional clarity to twenty-first century psychoanalysis
  • The role of the earlier-life complex in motivating religious endeavors
  • Illustrative case studies
  • Freud's rat man from the perspective of the earlier-life complex
  • Listening to Schreber
  • Manifestations of the earlier complex appearing in psychodynamically similar persons living three centuries apart
  • Selected religious and mythical exemplars
  • One who fears and also worships masculinity
  • Corroboration and dissonance when examining primitive peoples initiation rites
  • Affirmation from the arts and artists
  • Conclusion.