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Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? : a study of the connection between the infantile fear of the wolf and the desire for sexual satisfaction by the father in the case of the 'Wolf Man'
(Dublin Business School, 2008)In this thesis, I intend to look at Freud's case 'From The history Of An Infantile Neurosis' (1918 [1914]), more commonly known as the case of the 'Wolf Man', I wish to investigate Freud's claim that the childhood fear of ... -
Why is not everyone an addict ?
(Dublin Business School, 2009)The aim of this current research was to investigate 'Why is not everyone an addict? There were three main areas of inquiry. The first explored the relationships between other pathologies and addiction. Freud places alcoholic ... -
A new defence to Freud's theory of psychoses? A panorama of Freud's developing theory into the origins and mechanisms of 'The Psychoses'
(Dublin Business School, 2008)The aim of the current paper is to trace Freud's train of thought regarding his theory of 'The Psychoses' in order to gain perspective on his thinking and constructs on them in particular. The objective primarily being to ... -
Lacan's return to Schreber
(Dublin Business School, 2008)This thesis will endeavour to explore the factors that contribute to the outbreak of a psychosis and the phenomena that such an experience entails. To do so I will approach the topic from a Freudian / Lacanian perspective ...