Freud's Leonardo: A Discussion of Recent Psychoanalytic Theories

Speaking of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mother: A Critique of Freud’s Notion of Identification

“…It was not exceptional at the time for higher-ranking men to have illegitimate sexual relations with lowerranking women. The resulting children were less stigmatised than Freud suggests (Herding 2000). It was not uncommon for these children to be accepted and raised by their fathers or by one of the relatives in the paternal family (Schröter 1994).…”

Integrating sociocultural perspectives into a university classroom: A case study of students' experience

“…According to this theory, an individual takes an active role in the learning process and is fueled substantially from within. Another example is Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, which states that behaviors undertaken by human beings are largely motivated by inner, unconscious forces, conflicts and memories [ [3] , [4] , [5] ]. This theory offers educators practical insights into the role potentially played by unconscious feelings in motivating some behaviors of students.…”