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. 1985 Jul;54(3):444-54.

Demythologizing oedipus

S A Leavy
  • PMID: 4023125

Demythologizing oedipus

S A Leavy. Psychoanal Q. 1985 Jul.

Abstract

The oedipus complex is a basic psychoanalytic concept, which is only historically tied to its eponymic myth. It works in our system and in our method as a hermeneutic principle, organizing our understanding of the discourse of patients. Its validity depends on the situation of childhood development within the family, with its attendant passions and desires.

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