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The covert seduction theory: Filling the gap between the seduction theory and the oedipus complex

The covert seduction theory: Filling the gap between the seduction theory and the oedipus complex THE COVERT SEDUCTION THEORY: FILLING THE GAP BETWEEN THE SEDUCTION THEORY AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX Lauren Lawrence Sigmund Freud moved away from the seduction theory, which I would like to call the overt theory of seduction, in or around 1897 when he began to view seduction more introspectively. ~ It was this introspective examination of instinctual desires which led to the discovery of the Oedipus complex, wherein the child wrongly imagines a nonexistent seduction resultant from projected wish fulfillments of lustful impulses towards the mother during that psychosexual stage of development. However, this suggestion that seduction was in fact imagined is not exactly universally accurate. I would Ilike to pos- tulate that Freud's original belief in the recalled seductions of his patients was in fact closer to the truth, i.e., that a type of seduction really did occur in c~rtain but not all situations. I would like to term this type of seduction covert, which incorporates the original seduction theory and draws blood from the overlapping oedipal tendencies prevailing in complexes advanced by Freud in early manuscripts 2 as being universally existent in certain defined child- hood maturational periods. The covert seduction theory suggests that the parent, psychologically rather http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The covert seduction theory: Filling the gap between the seduction theory and the oedipus complex

Lawrence, Lauren
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 48 (3): 4 – Sep 1, 1988
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Springer Journals
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1988 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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THE COVERT SEDUCTION THEORY: FILLING THE GAP BETWEEN THE SEDUCTION THEORY AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX Lauren Lawrence Sigmund Freud moved away from the seduction theory, which I would like to call the overt theory of seduction, in or around 1897 when he began to view seduction more introspectively. ~ It was this introspective examination of instinctual desires which led to the discovery of the Oedipus complex, wherein the child wrongly imagines a nonexistent seduction resultant from projected wish fulfillments of lustful impulses towards the mother during that psychosexual stage of development. However, this suggestion that seduction was in fact imagined is not exactly universally accurate. I would Ilike to pos- tulate that Freud's original belief in the recalled seductions of his patients was in fact closer to the truth, i.e., that a type of seduction really did occur in c~rtain but not all situations. I would like to term this type of seduction covert, which incorporates the original seduction theory and draws blood from the overlapping oedipal tendencies prevailing in complexes advanced by Freud in early manuscripts 2 as being universally existent in certain defined child- hood maturational periods. The covert seduction theory suggests that the parent, psychologically rather

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 1988

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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