Sep 21, 2023
Jacques-Marie Émile Lacan Jacques Lacan was a French psychoanalyst born in Paris in 1901 and died in 1981. He graduated in medicine and specialised in psychiatry between 1927 and 1931, having been a resident at the Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris. Lacan is known...
Sep 10, 2023
What is the libidinal development? Libidinal development, commonly known as psychosexual development, is the process of the sexual energy (libido) manifesting itself in different parts of the body and in different objects throughout life. According to Sigmund...
Sep 5, 2023
Psychoanalysis and philosophy relationship Psychoanalysis and philosophy are two areas of knowledge that are related in many ways. Psychoanalysis, founded by Sigmund Freud, is a method for treating mental disorders and a theory that explains human behaviour,...
Sep 2, 2023
Psychoanalysis and Marxism Overview Psychoanalysis and Marxism are two different theories that try to understand society and psychological human suffering. There are various ways of articulating these two concepts, some more critical and others more...
Aug 26, 2023
What is the meaning of mother fixation? Mother fixation is a concept that relates to the Oedipus Complex, which is one of the stages in the psychosexual development of the male child that is characterised by a strong attraction to the maternal figure and rivals...
Aug 13, 2023
Understand the Oedipus Complex in adults According to the theory of psychoanalysis, children go through biologically fixed phases referring to each part of the body that provides pleasure which are the oral, anal, phallic, latent, and genital. The Oedipus...
