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infantile sexuality |
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infantile sexuality: see psychoanalysis psychoanalysis, name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. Psychoanalysis began after Freud studied (1885–86) with the French neurologist J. M. ..... Click the link for more information. . infantile sexuality [′in·fən‚tīl ‚sek·shə′wal·əd·ē] (psychology) An infant's or child's capacity for and enjoyment of activities and experiences that are essentially sexual. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The Poe connection is detectable in the work's hallucinatory and melancholic tone, tainted by a more contemporary note of repulsive infantile sexuality. Boyarin offers an all-embracing explanation for Freud's controversial switch from the seduction theory to the theory of instinctual infantile sexuality as well as his development of the "phallic" ideas of oedipal conflict, castration anxiety, and penis envy. Freud's theory of infantile sexuality is perhaps a way to explain the rather unusual relationship among her, Sethe, and Paul D. |
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