The updated Oedipus complex

Abstract

The Oedipus complex became the structuring cornerstone of the psychic apparatus according to Freud. From his first mentions of it towards the end of the 19th century until the year of his death, more than 40 years passed in which he continued to elaborate his ideas on the matter. We can ask ourselves about the value and permanence of a postulate that began to develop in the Victorian era, two decades of the 21st century having already passed. The present work aims to scrutinize its validity and how the Oedipus Complex can be understood today.