Benjamin B.

Wolman
 Derived from Greek :

avti (anti) “ against,compared to, like”

yovn (gone) “birth, offspring”

 The Oedipus drama did not end with King Oedipus' putting
out his eyes and Jocasta's suicide. Jocasta, the mother-wife,
gave birth to four children, two boys and two girls, Polynices,
Eteocles, Antigone and Ismene. The ambitious Polynices
fought against his hometown Thebes.
1. Love and Self- Sacrifice

 This self- sacrificing love was described by Freud in

1921 in Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego.

''When we are in love a considerable amount of

narcissistic libido overflows on to object. It is even
obvious in many ways forms of love choice, that
object serves a substitute for some unattained ego
ideal of our own....”.
2. Instrumentalism, Mutualism and Vectorialism

> is form of of philosophical pragmatism as it applies to the philosophy

of science.

> each participants wishes to satisfy the needs of the other/s assuming
that they feel the same way about each other.

> originates in motherhood, in the unconditional support of a child

irrespective of the child's looks, abilities, or graces, but it is not limited
to motherhood only.
3. Subdolorific and Prehedonic Level

one of the outstanding features of the Antigone

Principle is the willingness to accept pain and
injury .

> means damage to the tissues.

> is a psychological experience.

4. Above Pain and Pleasure

 'In several instances human beings behave

in utter disregard of pain and pleasure. When
parents in a famine give their food to an
infant, they renounce pleasure and willingly
suffer pangs of hunger.
5. Heroism ang Pathology

> great acts of bravery, such as rushing into burning buildings and
facing danger in battle

> the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of

medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of
body tissue for diagnostic or purposes.
 “Go then if you must, but
remember, no matter how
foolish your deeds, those who
love you will love you still.”
THANK YOU !!!
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