Freud’s assumption that the Oedipal relationship plays an important part in shaping the future character of mate choice needs a scientific reconsideration that, in turn, requires setting an empirically testable explanation. The authors hypothesize that the close physical and emotional attachment between the mother and her son includes a sexual imprinting-like mechanism that influences the proce...

In this essay, Sahand Shaibani employs a Freudian psychoanalytic approach to discuss the influence of irrational and emotive forces in the American judicial process. He argues that the adversarial legal process serves the important psychological function of sublimating aggression, and that trial courts present a forum for the recreation of the Oedipal triangle, wherein the judge is unconsciousl...

Ibsen, as a playwright, Thomas F. Van Lann comments, has been accused of deceiving his audience regarding the matters play- both its central business and manner; particularly in style mode. While reviewing Ibsen through Lacanian lens, critics such Oliver W. Gerland III, argue that reading is task revising interpretative paradigms Ibsen’s protagonist revises strategies for enacting “self”. The W...

It can be argued that Campbell’s text The Hero with a Thousand Faces is principally concerned the individual adventurer, man or woman, who embarks on journey goal of breaking bonds his her Oedipal attachments in order to achieve state liberation which mostly means not becoming an adult psychoneurotic. Campbell tells us stages are represented ritual actions cultural rites passage, ceremonials st...

This paper presents the castle in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night as a structure that sets out a pattern of movement for the player-character that is similar to that experienced by the treader of a classical labyrinth. Specifically, this pattern is one of turning back on oneself and it always derives its meaning from the context in which it is performed. For example, the meaning of Theseus s...

In this paper, I will reread the history of molecular genetics from a psychoanalytical angle, analysing it as a case history. Building on the developmental theories of Freud and his followers, I will distinguish four stages, namely: (1) oedipal childhood, notably the epoch of model building (1943-1953); (2) the latency period, with a focus on the development of basic skills (1953-1989); (3) ado...

Women are often critical of their mothers and identify with their most negative characteristics. Simultaneously, it has also been noted that strong bonds are often established between mothers and daughters. When traditional Oedipal theory is applied to women, it does not take into account sufficiently either the prevalence of daughters’ critical perceptions of their mothers or the strong connec...

Bakhtin's understanding of heteroglossia shows us, that a language can neither be closed system separated from other languages, nor the border(s) are fluid and have to go crazy every now then, but use borders in sense monolingualism serves normative verification or obsolete identifications. With help concept desiring-machines by Deleuze Guattari, this paper I want map polyphonic literature Jame...