Oedipus Complex - Freudian Theoretic Revision

Freudian Theoretic Revision

When Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) proposed that the Oedipus complex was psychologically universal, he provoked the evolution of Freudian psychology and the psychoanalytic treatment method, by collaborator and competitor alike.

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