From couple to family. duality as species-specific area of becoming a subject-ego in its life context

Journal title RICERCA PSICOANALITICA
Author/s Paolo Milanesi
Publishing Year 2012 Issue 2012/3 Language Italian
Pages 10 P. 89-98 File size 699 KB
DOI 10.3280/RPR2012-003009
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The author starts from the work of the Lausanne Group to conceptualize the theory of dual polarity as a speciesspecific area for becoming a human being. This theory is discussed in the epistemological framework of complexity. According to the author the distinction between dual, triadic and multi-personal is a false problem: environment is normally multifaceted and various, but the relationship with the subject-ego is always dual to the extent that the context becomes one in the Gestalt perception of a group of two or more persons as the other pole of interaction. An individual can relate to a group or a multitude but always through a polarity that reduces the elements to two: I vs. the other/s. the author tries to reach a deeper understanding of becoming a human being when one becomes a parent, stressing the delicate passage from couple to parental couple to family. The article ends with a brief list of some possible meanings of the investment made by the marital/parental couple on their infant.

Keywords: Couple, family, dual/triadic, becoming, subject-ego, complexity

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Paolo Milanesi, Dalla coppia alla famiglia in "RICERCA PSICOANALITICA" 3/2012, pp 89-98, DOI: 10.3280/RPR2012-003009