ABSTRACT
IN “Mourning and Melancholia” 1 Freud showed the intrinsic connection between identification and introjection. His later discovery of the super-ego, 2 which he ascribed to the introjection of the father and identification with him, has led to the recognition that identification as a sequel to introjection is part of normal development. Since this discovery, introjection and identification have played a central role in psycho-analytic thought and research.
