Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

clivage[split/division] du Moi

English translation:

splitting of the ego/ego split

Added to glossary by Carol Gullidge
Aug 2, 2007 10:42
16 yrs ago
French term

clivage[split/division] du Moi

French to English Social Sciences Psychology domestic violence/battered wives
Talking about the personality of battered women, and the reasons they choose a certain type (violent!) of partner...

Any suggestions would be welcome, but, in particular, are there any psychologists out there who can help definitively with this term?

Many thanks!


Nombreuses sont celles qui répètent la soumission maternelle, choisissent des hommes souvent nettement plus âgés qu’elles, aussi alcooliques, violents que leurs pères, mais décrits comme « gentil mais violent quand il buvait », formule exemplaire du *****clivage[split/division] du Moi***** qu’ils et elles ont en commun.

Proposed translations

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splitting of the ego/ego split

term used by Freud
Freud, S. (1938). Splitting of the Ego in the Process of Defence. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XXIII ...
www.pep-web.org/document.php?id=se.023.0271a
Clivage du moi, Ichspaltung, splitting of the ego, escisión del yo, scissione dell'io, divisão (cisão) do ego. Théorie cloacale, Kloakentheorie, cloacal ...
www.psychanalyse.lu/articles/Glossaire.htm - 78k
KEY WORDS: trauma; severe neurosis; ego split; superego split; psychoanaly- ... Freud writes in “Totem and Taboo” that magic is based on “an im- ...
www.springerlink.com/index/J43J237751L05X43.pdf
How does this split in the interpretative attitude or stance “result in ... there being a splitting of the ego”? Freud’s answer points to what he finds ...
people.stfx.ca/jmensch/Splitting%20of%20the%20Ego.doc
Note from asker:
Many thanks - this is exactly what I was hoping for!
Peer comment(s):

agree Bourth (X) : Ego propter hoc (Aye, because of this)
4 mins
or Igo my way, you go yours! Thanks :-)
agree Melissa McMahon : PS Have lectured in Freud, if that's any support. "Split personality" is different from the splitting or dividing of the ego/self.
9 mins
thanks Melissa
agree cristina estanislau
55 mins
thanks Cristina
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Many thanks, suezen! The refs are most convincing!"
13 mins

split personality

Am not a psychologist, though, so this is just a guess.
Note from asker:
Many thanks - your guess is the same as mine!
Many thanks, Barbara! As long as we know it's a guess, then guesses never go amiss
Peer comment(s):

neutral Julie Barber : I think that is a specific condition and not the same thing.
5 hrs
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