Oedipal Complexes Freud and Artemidorus

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ID10759587
AuthorsDavid H Sick (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume96
Issue4
Pages382-397
Publication date2013-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSoundings An Interdisciplinary Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-1861 • E-ISSN: 2161-6302
PublisherThe Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5325/soundings.96.4.0382
OpenAlexW1780946669
LanguageCA
References cited18

Sigmund Freud and the second-century CE dream interpreter Artemidorus of Daldis displayed a certain degree of respect for their patients or clients. This shared attitude was supported by a similar commitment to empiricism. Their similar methods in dealing with patients draw attention to their basic differences in understanding dreams in general and in interpreting incestuous dreams specifically. Freud and Artemidorus stand at variance in their interpretation of such dreams because they had different notions of the individual. For Freud, humans were defined by their biological history as animals. For Artemidorus, humans were defined by their roles in society. As a result, Freud believed the Oedipal complex to be nearly universal but represented cryptically in dreams, but Artemidorus found numerous direct examples of incestuous dreams that were to be interpreted according to the context of the dreamer's social position

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