Morality as Alteration of Ego in the Case "Rat Man": Two Types of "Reaction-Formation" of S. Freud

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  • GOTO, Yuho
    日本学術振興会特別研究員・臨床教育学講座博士後期課程3回生

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  • 症例「鼠男」における自我変容としての道徳性 --S.フロイトが論じた二種類の「反動形成」--
  • ショウレイ 「 ネズミ オトコ 」 ニ オケル ジガ ヘンヨウ ト シテ ノ ドウトクセイ : S.フロイト ガ ロンジタ ニシュルイ ノ 「 ハンドウ ケイセイ 」

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This paper considers S. Freud's text arguing that the development of "morality" is similar to "reactionformation" in patients with obsessional neurosis, and clarifies the morality that is different from the dominance of the ego by the compulsive superego. First, this paper confirms Freud's concept of "morality" as the internalization of norms and the strengthening of repression, which is inherited in his theory of the superego. Second, it examines the case of "Rat Man" and shows that two types of reaction-formation, apart from the mechanism of identification and repression, contribute to the process by which a person transforms into a moral character. One type of reaction-formation is understood as "alteration of ego, " which shapes the character of the ego, and the other strengthens self-reproach by conscience. Third, this paper traces the process of these two types of reaction-formation inherited by both Freud's theory of education and superego. Finally, it concludes that the reaction-formation, which focuses on the alteration of ego, can show a moral attitude that controls unconscious desires, while being independent from the superego and separating from compulsion.

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