title: [The Oedipus complex and organization of the normal personality].
abstract: The parents' task is to get the child to move from his absolute and original narcissism to the awareness of and submissiveness to the principle of Reality, without prejudice to his affective life. This entails a tragic triangular situation that we shall qualify as being Oedipean, although differing from Freud's interpretation. It has a structuring psychodynamic effect requiring complex yet precise mechanisms which entirely proceed from this situation and that we have tried to study thoroughly. The child can thus reach the adult status through access to Reality, and the development of his latent faculties. The Oedipean situation is therefore unique in allowing the progressive making of a normal personality.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dieuzeide
mesh_terms: D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development; D013359:Sublimation, Psychological
vernacular_title: L'oedipe et l'organisation de la personnalité normale.