His Majesty the Baby
Narcissism and Royal Authority
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6350182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter H Schwartz (0000-0003-0863-0931, Lewis & Clark College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 266-290 |
| Publication date | 1989-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5917 • E-ISSN: 1552-7476 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0090591789017002006 |
| OpenAlex | W2034641865 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
The child shall have things better than his parents: he shall not be subject to the necessities which they have recognized as dominating life. Illness, death, renunciation of enjoyment, restrictions on his own will, shall not touch him; the laws of nature, like those of society, are to be abrogated in his favor; he is really to be the center and heart of creation, “His Majesty the Baby,” as we once fancied ourselves to be.... At the weakest point of all in the narcissistic position, the immortality of the ego which is so relentlessly assailed by reality, security is achieved by fleeing to the child. Parental love, which is so touching and at bottom so childish, is nothing but parental narcissism born again.... Sigmund Freud, “On Narcissism
Clearance · Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Immortality · Majesty · Narcissism · Nothing · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Renunciation · Subject (documents · Theology · Law · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Themes in Literature Analysis
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1993 - 1993 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |