Further Thoughts on the Oedipal Lens
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21630489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shelley Nathan (0000-0003-3339-4715, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 349-354 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-1885 • E-ISSN: 1940-9222 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10481885.2021.1902742 |
| OpenAlex | W3169334217 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
My response aims to demonstrate how a capacity for triangular space allows us to tolerate and encompass differences of all sorts, ranging from theoretical orientations to family and coupling structures. I re-emphasize the contemporary Kleinian/Bionian Oedipus as a developmental model of the mind that is a departure from the classical model of the Oedipus complex and its associated anchoring in psychosexual development. I reargue the necessity of divorcing Oedipal theory from its historical heterosexist bias and highlight the clinical relevance of a contemporary Oedipal lens when working with a wide variety of non-heteronormative relationships, including, LGBTQ couples, families and single parents
Oedipus complex · Physics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychosexual development · Through-the-lens metering · Computer Science · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |