The Oedipus Complex

In this book, Poul Rohleder presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory of the Oedipus Complex and its standing in contemporary psychoanalysis.

Autorentext

Poul Rohleder is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice in central London, UK. He is a Senior Member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Freud's theory of the Oedipus Complex 3. Klein and the Oedipal situation 4. Feminist Critiques of the Oedipus Complex 5. Perspectives from French Psychoanalysis 6. Relational Perspectives on the Oedipus Complex 7. Challenging Heteronormativity 8. Culture and the Oedipus Complex 9. Oedipus Now