Sigmund Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex suggests that children experience a subconscious attraction to the opposite-sex parent and competition with the same-sex parent during early childhood.

Sigmund Freud is a controversial figure in the history of psychology, and perhaps none of his ideas is more contentious than his theory of the Oedipus complex. Freud believed that humans are sexual ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

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The Electra complex, coined by Carl Jung, describes a young girl's subconscious competition with her mother for her father's affection, paralleling Freud's Oedipus complex in boys. Though historically ...

Bold and intellectually stimulating, but also overly literal and dramatically languid, Frank Galati's "Oedipus Complex" adapts the famed Sophoclean tragedy by inserting Dr. Freud throughout the story, ...

Louise Bourgeois did not trust words; this is what numerous articles and essays about the artist will tell you. That fact is also mentioned at “Louise Bourgeois: Freud’s Daughter,” a new exhibit at ...