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The Telemachus Complex
Parents and Children after the Decline of the Father
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Fatherhood today is in crisis. Fathers have gone missing, or have become their children’s playmates, and the symbolic authority of the father has lost its power. What remains of the father today in the wake of this decline, and what should the relation between children and parents now be?
In addressing these questions, Massimo Recalcati draws inspiration from the story of Telemachus in Homer’s Odyssey. The Telemachus complex is the reverse of the Oedipus complex. Recalcati argues that children are possessed not just with a desire to annihilate their father, as their key rival in the contest to win the mother’s love, but also with a longing for a father-figure, as someone who brings meaning, structure and order to their lives and who imbues them with a sense of the future.
This fresh and insightful account of the changing relations between parents and children in the era of the decline of the father will be of great interest to a wide general readership.
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The Telemachus Complex by Massimo Recalcati is praised for its insightful reinterpretation of the story of Telemachus, casting it in a modern light. The book is noted for its wisdom and wit, delivering thought-provoking content that resonates particularly well with fathers and their children, as highlighted by Dany Nobus.
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ISBN: 9781509531721
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 September 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Contributors:
- Translated by Alice Kilgarriff
- Translated by Alice Kilgarriff
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 204g
Pages: 160
About the Author
Massimo Recalcati is a psychoanalyst who teaches at the universities of Pavia and Verona.
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