The Oedipus complex is one of the most controversial theories Sigmund Freud developed. Freud was an Austrian neurologist and founder of the concept of psychoanalysis. The Oedipus complex states that young boys see their mothers as a primary object of sexual desire.

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Oedipus and Teiresias, by Asmus Jacob Carstens, published in 1883

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