On the Logic of the Unconscious Conception of Causation Part I
The Oedipal Meta-Wish and the Sexualization of Asymmetric Time
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8336403 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amit Saad (0000-0001-8188-1150, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 861-888 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00030651241250077 |
| PMID | 38808971 |
| OpenAlex | W4399125484 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 22 |
The direction of time is often defined by describing asymmetries between past and future events, referred to as “time-arrows.” Two important time-arrows are the mutability time-arrow, which specifies that the past is unalterable, while the future is not; and the causal time-arrow, which stipulates that past events may cause future events, but not vice versa. The author argues that the unconscious conception of causation expressed in both the oedipal myth and certain oedipal wishes negates the mutability and causal time-arrows. The author suggests, therefore, distinguishing between oedipal phantasies that undermine the ordinary conceptions of causation and time (such as the wish of being one’s own parent), and classical content that is in line with our time perception (such as sexual and aggressive wishes toward parents). Analyzing clinical examples suggests that some patients’ oedipal phantasies are combined with unconscious sexual satisfaction from the asymmetric conception of time. When this sexual satisfaction is analyzed, they might expose the oedipal phantasies founded on the symmetric conception of time
Arrow · Causation · Epistemology · Oedipus complex · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Wish · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
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Elements of Psychoanalysis
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Reading Loewald
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |