Fraternal Complex: The Primary Source of Jealousy and Envy
In this paper, we seek to discuss the dimensions of the fraternal complex, andto establish the envious and jealous feelings, wishes and behaviours, as direct manifestationsof the fraternal rivalry. To reach these aims we initially discuss the concept of libidinalenergy, using some knowledge on human...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
2003-07-01
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| Series: | Psicologia |
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| Online Access: | http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/ptp/article/view/1190/888 |
| Summary: | In this paper, we seek to discuss the dimensions of the fraternal complex, andto establish the envious and jealous feelings, wishes and behaviours, as direct manifestationsof the fraternal rivalry. To reach these aims we initially discuss the concept of libidinalenergy, using some knowledge on human processing of information, responsible for thegeneration of feelings and other psychic manifestations. Afterwards, we use data, that con-fronts the dimension that this complex and Oedipus complex have for traditional psychoa-nalysis. One of these confrontations derives from the existence of an ownership instintivebehaviour, fundamental to survival and to which are linked the envious and jealous feelings,wishes and behaviours. We conclude to the universality of the fraternal complex accordingto which a younger child disputes his/her mother also with the father, and to the eventua-lity of the Oedipus complex, passible to exist only after the child becomes older. |
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| ISSN: | 1516-3687 1980-6906 |