Totem and taboo as a harbinger of the Oedipus complex on the example of a deep interview with a tribal native of one of the tribes of the Omo Valley

Psychoanalysis and culture

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the main theoretical points of view on totemic, archaic thinking, gives examples of rites and rituals, some of which the author observed and studied in the tribes personally, draws parallels between totemic and neurotic thinking. On the example of an in-depth interview with a native of the Hamer tribe, the author investigates the common and different in solving the cornerstone problems of separation and identification, including the edim conflict, the bearer of archaic thinking and modern, neurotic.