The Oedipus Complex: A Contemporary Introduction
Part of Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis series - more in this series
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : September 2025
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 144
- Category :
Forthcoming - Category 2 :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 98185
- ISBN 13 : 9781032495651
- ISBN 10 : 1032495650
Also by Poul Rohleder
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In this book, Poul Rohleder presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the theory of the Oedipus Complex and its standing in contemporary psychoanalysis.
The Oedipus Complex: A Contemporary Introduction charts the developments of the theory, exploring Freud’s original work on the subject before moving on to later developments by Klein and the Independents in the UK. Rohleder interweaves perspectives from French psychoanalysis and contemporary relational thought, and explores the various critiques of the theory, including feminist, queer and cross-cultural perspectives. Through this holistic and contemporary exploration, Rohleder offers the contemporary practitioner a broad and nuanced consideration of how Oedipal dynamics can play a vital role in their work with patients.
This book will be of interest to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and training who have an interest in expanding their understanding of the Oedipus Complex and its relevance to a contemporary way of working.
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Poul Rohleder has gifted the mental health profession with a superb volume, exploring the much-overlooked and often misunderstood concept of the Oedipus Complex. Written with much clarity and concision and with tremendous historical accuracy, the author has investigated numerous psychoanalytical perspectives and, also, has explored the impact of contemporary views regarding gender and sexual orientation. I recommend this book warmly to every single psychological worker.
Professor Brett Kahr, Senior Fellow, Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, London; Visiting Professor of Psychoanalysis and Mental Health, Regent’s University London; and Honorary Director of Research, Freud Museum London
This is a refreshingly straightforward appraisal of one of Freud’s most controversial claims. Those who have eyes to see cannot deny the existence of the facts that Freud described, but how are we to conceptualize them? Poul Rohleder helps you find your own answer to this surprisingly important question.
Prof Mark Solms, member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, and editor of The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
Poul Rohleder’s introduction to one of the most debated and controversial psychoanalytic concepts provides a comprehensive yet succinct overview of the Oedipus Complex. Taking the reader from Freud’s original formulation right through to contemporary reformulations of the Oedipus Complex, this text is a core resource for psychoanalytic training programmes.
Prof. Alessandra Lemma, Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, UCL and Consultant, Anna Freud Centre
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Freud’s Theory of the Oedipus Complex
3. Klein and the Oedipal situation
4. Feminist Critiques of the Oedipus Complex
5. Perspectives from French Psychoanalysis
6. Relational Perspectives on the Oedipus Complex
7. Challenging Heteronormativity
8. Culture and the Oedipus Complex
9. Oedipus Now
About the Author(s)
Poul Rohleder is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist and chartered clinical psychologist, as well as a dynamic interpersonal therapy practitioner. He has over 15 years' experience of working in public mental health care systems and in private practice. He is a trustee of the British Psychoanalytic Council and sits on several other professional committees and is currently a senior lecturer at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK.
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