Mental Illness as a Moral Concept

Sean Sayers ~ RP 005 (Summer 1973) ~ Article

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• mEDTAllllDESS AS A mORAL [OD[EPT ………………………. SEAnSAVERS (, The concept of mental illness has been the subject of heated controversy in recent years; and this debate has caught the attention of a wide public. The reason for this is not simply that the debate has sometimes been conducted in heated terms; but, more importantly, […]

The introduction of the Oedipus Complex and the reinvention of instinct: Freud’s Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality

Philippe Van Haute ~ RP 115 (Sep/Oct 2002) ~ Article

Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, ﬁrst published in 1905, is undoubtedly one of Freudʼs most important texts and, in many respects, the most contemporary. It is a summa in which Freud summarizes and articulates his insights into the meaning of sexuality for human existence in general, and for psychopathology in particular. As can […]