| On the drive-rootedness of psychoanalytic ego psychology. | |
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PMID: 8344766 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper attempts, hypothetico-deductively, to conceptualise psychoanalysis on the level of fundamental theory. I begin by exploring the relevance for psychoanalytic theory of recent developments in the brain and cognitive sciences. Their site of articulation is identified as the concept of consciousness. I proceed to develop a conceptual integration of consciousness into psychoanalytic drive theory. This reveals the wish as the original psychical entity, with a self-process imbricated in its structure. Narcissism in shown to be sexually grounded, vitally constitutive, and intrinsically aggressive. It becomes possible, using the neighbouring sciences as well, to work out a theory of the origin of the secondary process and early ego formation. My approach provides a view of mental development in which identification and repression represent two aspects of a unitary activity that structures the mind. This allows the unconscious and consciousness to be brought into dialectical relation. Implications follow for the 'activity of the repressed' and the theory of paranoia. |
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Authors:
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B Opatow |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
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Title: The International journal of psycho-analysis Volume: 74 ( Pt 3) ISSN: 0020-7578 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Psychoanal Publication Date: 1993 Jun |
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Created Date: 1993-09-08 Completed Date: 1993-09-08 Revised Date: 2005-11-16 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985179R Medline TA: Int J Psychoanal Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 437-57 Citation Subset: IM |
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Drive* Ego* Female Humans Identification (Psychology) Libido Male Models, Psychological Narcissism Object Attachment Paranoid Disorders / psychology Repression Sexual Behavior |
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