(1938). Psychoanalytic Review, 25:578-580 Laforgue, one of the leaders of the psychoanalytic movement in France, has in this little book shown the development and composition of what is known as Intellect (Ego) and from his findings he has drawn interesting conclusions. In the course of one's development, he says, an individual meets with a great many psychic difficulties, psychic conflicts arising from opposition between the different instances within the psychic apparatus. To these conflicts one reacts with anxiety. To ensure adaptive healthy conduct the individual must succeed in directing and surmounting both the cause and the ensuing anxiety. Many circumstances, such as neurotic parents, loss of one or both parents, discord between parents, observation of parental intercourse, mother's subsequent pregnancies, etc., tend to prevent this, however, and give to the conflicts a pathological character. Thus ensues repression (Laforgue calls it scotomization when accomplished in pathological sense) and the development of [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
