Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
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Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
All labels observed (2)
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| Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality canonical | 2 |
| Thalassa: Eine Theorie der Genitalität | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4911970 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality Context triple: [Sándor Ferenczi, notableWork, Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality]
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A.
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.
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B.
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
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The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
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D.
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
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E.
Speculum Hominis
Speculum Hominis is a Middle English allegorical poem by John Gower that explores moral and religious themes through an extensive mirror-for-mankind framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality Target entity description: Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality is a psychoanalytic work by Sándor Ferenczi that explores human sexuality and development through speculative biological and evolutionary perspectives.
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A.
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality is Sigmund Freud’s foundational 1905 work that outlines his psychoanalytic theories of psychosexual development, infantile sexuality, and the structure of sexual drives.
-
B.
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence
Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence is Adrienne Rich’s influential feminist essay that critiques heterosexuality as a political institution and argues for the recognition of lesbian existence and resistance.
-
C.
The History of Sexuality
The History of Sexuality is Michel Foucault’s multi-volume study that analyzes how power, knowledge, and discourse have shaped modern understandings and regulation of sex and sexuality.
-
D.
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory
Unruly Practices: Power, Discourse and Gender in Contemporary Social Theory is a collection of essays by critical theorist Nancy Fraser that examines how power, discourse, and gender intersect in contemporary social and political theory.
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E.
Speculum Hominis
Speculum Hominis is a Middle English allegorical poem by John Gower that explores moral and religious themes through an extensive mirror-for-mankind framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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psychoanalytic work ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Budapest School of Psychoanalysis
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Sigmund Freud ⓘ |
| author | Sándor Ferenczi ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Hungary ⓘ |
| discusses |
genital organization of sexuality
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ontogeny and phylogeny in sexual development ⓘ symbolic return to the womb ⓘ |
| explores |
link between individual development and phylogenetic history
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regressive tendencies in sexual life ⓘ relationship between sexuality and evolution ⓘ symbolic meaning of genitality ⓘ |
| field |
psychoanalytic theory
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psychology ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
non-fiction
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scientific monograph ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
biological
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evolutionary ⓘ speculative ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Darwinian evolution
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Freud's theory of sexuality ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biology of sexuality
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evolutionary theory ⓘ human sexuality ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ psychosexual development ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking sexuality to evolutionary regression
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original biological hypotheses about genitality ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Thalassa: Eine Theorie der Genitalität
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linked to:
Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality
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| partOf | Ferenczi's contributions to psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| proposes | speculative biological basis for psychosexual stages ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| theoreticalOrientation |
Freudian psychoanalysis
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biological speculation ⓘ |
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