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libido libido
libido [Lat.,=lust], psychoanalytic term used by Sigmund Freud to identify instinctive energy with the sex instinct. For Freud, libido is the generalized sexual energy of which conscious activity is the expression. C. G. Jung used the term synonymously with instinctive energy in general. Many... Read more
Cathexis Cathexis
CATHEXIS A key concept from the economic point of view, "cathexis" refers to the process that attaches psychic energy, essentially libido, to an object, whether this is the representation of a person, body part, or psychic element. Implicit in Freud's early works, the idea of cathexis stems... Read more
Envy Envy
ENVY Envy is a primitive force in the personality that is opposed to, and therefore mounts destructive attacks upon, parts of the object felt to be good. It attacks aspects of the libido Read more
stage stage
STAGE (OR PHASE) The term "stage" is used to designate a developmental phase that, for Freud, is characterized by a specific organization of the libido, linked to a particular erotogenic zone, and dominated by a particular modality of object relations. Some authors prefer to speak of "phases" or... Read more
sublimation (psychology) sublimation (psychology)
SUBLIMATION Sublimation is a process that diverts the flow of instinctual energy from its immediate sexual aim and subordinates it to cultural endeavors. The idea of sublimation leads back at once to the alchemical metaphor of the transmutation of base metal into gold, and to aesthetics, which... Read more
Orality Orality
ORALITY Orality is a major component of the organization of the libido during the first, pregenital phase of its development; it is thus an essential aspect of psychosexuality. Freud gave his first overall description of the phases of the libido in his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality... Read more
Aphrodisiacs Aphrodisiacs
APHRODISIACS APHRODISIACS. Throughout the centuries, emperors and everyday folk alike have ingested, imbibed, sprinkled, or applied almost every conceivable substance—from almond paste to zebra tongues—in the hope of arousing sexual desire. Whether to woo a reluctant lover, revive a... Read more
Fixation Fixation
FIXATION The notion of fixation involves a certain mode of connection that a drive has with its ideational representatives (its objects) as a function of a primitive phase of the subject's sexual organization. This mode of connection is characterized, at the economic level, by the withdrawal from... Read more
Compensation Compensation
COMPENSATION (ANALYTICAL PSYCHOLOGY) Compensation (transcendent function) finds its origins in the delineation of dynamics of the complex. In 1907 Carl Gustav Jung notes the pathogenic complex posses a quantum of libido which grants it a degree of autonomy that is opposed to conscious will. Though... Read more
Organization Organization
ORGANIZATION The concept of organization belongs in several different scientific fields. It is used just as frequently in biological discourse as in sociology or psychology. The notion of organization is usually associated with that of development. Neurobiology thus describes the nervous... Read more

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