The object couple

Journal title PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE
Author/s René Roussillon
Publishing Year 2014 Issue 2014/2
Language Italian Pages 12 P. 289-300 File size 50 KB
DOI 10.3280/PU2014-002005
DOI is like a bar code for intellectual property: to have more infomation click here

Below, you can see the article first page

If you want to buy this article in PDF format, you can do it, following the instructions to buy download credits

Article preview

FrancoAngeli is member of Publishers International Linking Association, Inc (PILA), a not-for-profit association which run the CrossRef service enabling links to and from online scholarly content.

The problem of the Oedipal organization is discussed from the viewpoint of the progressive structuring of a particular psychic object, the "object couple". This object is originally derived from the first representations of being in relationship with the mother, i.e., from a first "relational style". This first representation later becomes more complex when the father begins to be an object of desire from the mother, and the child progressively organizes his schemas from "schemas of being with the object" to "schemas of being with an object who is with another object". The child later will continue the construction of the "object couple" in his experiences where he will be able to be "alone with his libidinal drive in the presence of the couple". The Oedipal situation will be constructed according to different types of libidinal organizations that will appear in the course of development.

Keywords: Oedipus, couple, schemas of "being with", narcissistic ideal, libidinal organization

  1. Winnicott D.W. (1957). The capacity to be alone. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 1958, 39: 416-420. Anche in: The Maturational Process and the Facilitating Environment [1957-63]. New York: International Universities Press, 1965 (trad. it.: La capacità di essere solo. In: Sviluppo affettivo e ambiente. Roma: Armando, 1970).
  2. Vincent J.D. (1986). Biologie des passions. Paris: Odile Jacob.
  3. Varela F. (1989). Connâitre les sciences cognitive. Paris: Seuil (trad. it.: Neurofenomenologia. Un rimedio metodologico al “problema difficile”. In: Cappuccio M., a cura di, Neurofenomenologia. Le scienze della mente e la sfida dell’esperienza cosciente. Milano: Bruno Mondadori, 2006).
  4. Stern D.N. (1985). The Interpersonal World of the Infant. New York: Basic Books (trad. it.: Il mondo interpersonale del bambino. Torino: Bollati Boringhieri, 1987).
  5. Roussillon R. (2004). La dépendance primitive et l’homosexualité primaire “en double”. Revue Française de Psychanalyse, LXVIII, 2: 421-439. Roussillon R. (2008). Le jeu et l’entre je(u). Paris: PUF.
  6. Roussillon R. (2002). La capacité d’être seul en présence du couple. Revue Française de Psychanalyse, LXVI, 1 (“Familles d’aujourd’hui”): 9-20. DOI: 10.3917/rfp.661.0009.Anchein:Roussillon,2008,cap.11,pp.225-240
  7. Roussillon R. (1995). Logiques et archéologiques du cadre psychanalytique. Paris: PUF (trad. it.: Il setting psicoanalitico. Roma: Borla, 1997).
  8. Rosolato G. (1985). Le signifiant de démarcation et la communication non verbale. In: Eléments de l'interprétation. Paris, Gallimard, 1985, pp. 63-82.
  9. Rochat P. (2006). Le monde des bébés. Paris: Odile Jacob.
  10. Perrault C. (1697). Le Petit Poucet (trad. it.: Pollicino. In: I racconti di mamma l’oca. Torino: Einaudi, 1957).
  11. Lacan J. (1955-56). Le Seminaire, Livre 3: Les Psychoses. Paris: Seuil, 1981 (trad. it.: Il Seminario. Libro III. Le psicosi. Torino: Einaudi, 1985).
  12. Jaïtin R. (2006). Clinique de l’inceste fraternel. Paris: Dunod.
  13. Freud S. (1921). Psicologia delle masse e analisi dell’Io. Opere, 9: 259-330. Torino: Boringhieri, 1977.
  14. Freud S. (1915-17 [1916-17]). Introduzione alla psicoanalisi. Opere, 8: 191-611. Torino: Boringhieri, 1976.
  15. Freud S. (1914 [1918]). Dalla storia di una nevrosi infantile (Caso clinico dell’Uomo dei lupi). Opere, 7: 483-593. Torino: Boringhieri, 1975.
  16. Fivaz-Depeursinge E. & Corboz-Warnery A. (1999). The Primary Triangle. A Development System View of Mothers, Fathers and Infants. New York: Basic Books (tra. it.: Il triangolo primario: le prime interazioni triadiche tra padre, madre e bambino. Milano: Raffaello Cortina, 2000).
  17. Dornes M. (2002). Psychanalyse et psychologie du premier âge. Paris: PUF.
  18. Donnet J-L. & Green A. (1973). L’enfant de ça. Psychanalyse d’un entretien: la psychose blanche. Paris: Éditions de Minuit (trad. it.: La psicosi bianca. Roma: Borla, 1992).
  19. Donnet J.L. (1976). On parle d’un enfant. Revue Française de Psychanalyse, 40, 4: 733-739.
  20. Deleuze G. & Guattari F. (1971). L’Anti-Oedipe. Paris: Éditions De Minuit (trad. it.: L’anti-Edipo. Capitalismo e schizofrenia. Torino: Einaudi 1975).
  21. Bourguignon O., editor (1999). Le fraternel. Paris: Dunod.
  22. Bollas C. (1987). The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known. New York: Columbia University Press (trad. it.: L’ombra dell’oggetto: psicoanalisi del conosciuto non pensato. Roma: Borla, 1989).
  23. Aulagnier P. (1975). La violence de l’interpretation. Paris: PUF (trad. it.: La violenza dell’interpretazione. Dal pittogramma all’enunciato. Roma: Borla, 1994).
  24. Anzieu D. (1987). Les signifiants formels et le moi-peau. In: Anzieu et al., Les enveloppes psychiques. Paris: Dunod, 1996 (trad. it.: I significanti formali e l’Io-pelle. In: Anzieu et al., Gli involucri psichici. Milano: Dunod-Masson, 1997).

  • Challenging Oedipus in changing families: Gender identifications and access to origins in same-sex parent families created through third-party reproduction Vittorio Lingiardi, Nicola Carone, in The International Journal of Psychoanalysis /2019 pp.229
    DOI: 10.1080/00207578.2019.1589381

René Roussillon, L’oggetto coppia in "PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE" 2/2014, pp 289-300, DOI: 10.3280/PU2014-002005