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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]], [[literally]], second I

[[Latin]], [[literally]], second I

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1537]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1537]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a second [[self]]: as  a : a [[trusted]] [[friend]]   

*1: a second [[self]]: as  a : a [[trusted]] [[friend]]   

:c : counterpart  

:c : counterpart  

==Description==

==Description==

The [[representation]] of an [[other]] complicit in the subject's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism narcissism], or [[self]]-object, the '''alter ego''' refers to the narcissistic need of an [[other]] similar to the [[self]], a [[factor]] in the [[development]] of the self. The term appeared in the work of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz Kohut Heinz Kohut] in 1971 in the [[context]] of alter ego transference, a form of [[mirror]] transference. After 1984, given the [[autonomy]] of the alter ego transference, it appears as a constituent of the [[self]], along with the grandiose self, the pole of [[ambitions]], and the idealized parental imago, the pole of [[ideals]]. Defined as an [[arc]] of [[tension]] between the two poles, the ''alter ego'' takes into account the [[harmony]] of the [[self]], while the [[mirror]] affirms the [[vigor]] of the self and its idealization and [[cohesion]]. The line of [[development]] of the alter ego is important throughout the period that extends from the age of four to ten years; [[friendship]], the need for someone like us, sometimes [[changes]] into the need for an imaginary companion. The alter ego is [[associated]] with [[humanity]] and [[sexual]] [[identity]] through self-identification—the [[father]]'s true son. The reverse would be a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka Kafkaesque] world of dehumanizing [[experiences]]. When this sector is stopped, repressed needs remain fixed and are [[difficult]] to verbalize because of the [[shame]] they arouse. The ''alter ego'' is [[associated]] with other needs and narcissistic transferences. Within this [[context]], the [[concept]] of identification loses the specificity it has in [[Freudian]] metapsychology in terms of the [[constitution]] of the [[ego]].

The [[representation]] of an [[other]] complicit in the subject's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism narcissism], or [[self]]-object, the '''alter ego''' refers to the narcissistic need of an [[other]] similar to the [[self]], a [[factor]] in the [[development]] of the self. The term appeared in the work of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz Kohut Heinz Kohut] in 1971 in the [[context]] of alter ego transference, a form of [[mirror]] transference. After 1984, given the [[autonomy]] of the alter ego transference, it appears as a constituent of the [[self]], along with the grandiose self, the pole of [[ambitions]], and the idealized parental imago, the pole of [[ideals]]. Defined as an [[arc]] of [[tension]] between the two poles, the ''alter ego'' takes into account the [[harmony]] of the [[self]], while the [[mirror]] affirms the [[vigor]] of the self and its idealization and [[cohesion]]. The line of [[development]] of the alter ego is important throughout the period that extends from the age of four to ten years; [[friendship]], the need for someone like us, sometimes [[changes]] into the need for an imaginary companion. The alter ego is [[associated]] with [[humanity]] and [[sexual]] [[identity]] through self-identification—the [[father]]'s true son. The reverse would be a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kafka Kafkaesque] world of dehumanizing [[experiences]]. When this sector is stopped, repressed needs remain fixed and are [[difficult]] to verbalize because of the [[shame]] they arouse. The ''alter ego'' is [[associated]] with other needs and narcissistic transferences. Within this [[context]], the [[concept]] of identification loses the specificity it has in [[Freudian]] metapsychology in terms of the [[constitution]] of the [[ego]].

==See also==

==See also==

*'''''[[91:3 Prayer and the Alter Ego|Prayer and the Alter Ego]]'''''

*'''''[[91:3 Prayer and the Alter Ego|Prayer and the Alter Ego]]'''''

==Source Citation==  

==Source Citation==  

*Oppenheimer, AgnÈs. "Alter Ego." International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Ed. Alain de Mijolla. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 52. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.

*Oppenheimer, AgnÈs. "Alter Ego." International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Ed. Alain de Mijolla. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 52. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 9 Sept. 2010.

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[[Category: Psychology]]

[[Category: Psychology]]