ABSTRACT
In his paper on “The Origin and Structure of the Super-Ego,” 2 in 1926, Ernest Jones prefaced his discussion of some of the problems arising out of this topic with the remark that “there is every reason to think that the concept of the super-ego is a nodal point where we may expect all the obscure problems of the Œdipus complex and narcissism on the one hand, and hate and sadism on the other, to meet”. Since that date, contributions towards the further elucidation of these issues have been made by Freud and others, and our knowledge of the structure and modes of functioning of the super-ego, in the neuroses, psychoses and normal character, has been greatly amplified.
