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The Psychoanalysis of Children (Book Review)
Author(s)
Scatolin Henrique Guilherme, Cintra Elisa Maria de Ulhoa, Zaidan Eduardo
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2017.07.002
Affiliation(s)
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
ABSTRACT
In this book review, the
authors of this article intend to explore Klein’s views regarding obsessive
neurosis and her theory about the early formation of the superego. It is
possible, in 1932, to notice Klein’s affiliation with Abraham’s theory about
the development of the libido. By emphasizing the sadism presented in early
object relations, Klein also demonstrates the importance of the introjection of
objects to whom the baby’s aggressiveness was projected. Therefore, the early infancy
is characterized by a state of intense anxiety, which may lead to the
employment of obsessive mechanisms by the ego, with the objective of modifying
those anxiety states. In this article, the authors explore the links between
the primitive superego and obsessive neurosis, exhibiting a standpoint of
obsessive neurosis as a defense from early anxieties, which can be associated
with psychosis. It is possible to conclude that the introjection of good
objects is decisive to the overcoming of psychotic anxieties and defense
mechanisms that inhibit the ego.
KEYWORDS
obsessive neurosis, primitive superego, psychosis
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