Freud's “models” of homosexuality: Three essays on the theory of sexuality and Oedipus complex theory Cover Image

Freudovi »modeli« homoseksualnosti: Tri rasprave o seksualnoj teoriji i teorija edipacije
Freud's “models” of homosexuality: Three essays on the theory of sexuality and Oedipus complex theory

Author(s): Rašid Durić
Subject(s): Psychology, Contemporary Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Psychoanalysis
Published by: Hrvatsko društvo za integralnost
Keywords: psychoanalysis; theory of sexuality; homosexuality; inversional model; developmental model

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses Freud's views and opinions on homosexuality in Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality and Oedipal theory. In the first work homosexuality was interpreted as an inversion of sexual drive (inversional theory). In the second phase, while postulating Oedipal theory, Freud established developmental model. As in the case of most of the author's speculation, such as those about homosexuality were also subject to processing and rejection or supplementing. The question is what caused the abandonment of inversional theory on the behalf of developmental theory. Relation between the two theories will also be examined through two basic approaches of interpretation of Freud's views on homosexuality.

  • Issue Year: V/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 324-354
  • Page Count: 31
  • Language: Croatian