Fratelli : vincolo e risorsa

In this paper characterised by an historical point of view, the author tries to outline the course accomplished by the concept of fraternal complex and, in more large terms, the fraternal question in the psychoanalytic field, starting from the initials freudian writings. The reconstruction is divided in three periods: the first covers the years of freudian text writing; the second one starts from the work of M. Klein and arrives till the end of 80's; the third one is dedicated to analyse the last twenty years. [Publisher's Text].