You do not currently have permission to view the full text for this document. Please sign in to an account with an active subscription or contact support.
The ego's way of handling objects, and its relation to the id, allow the author to understand the scoptophilic elements in envy. Looking and being looked at,
elements of the infant's relationship to the love object in the typical bidimensional images of visual incorporation, are later projected and introjected, depending on the needs of the patient. The author emphasizes that even etymologically the word envy comes from the Greek: 'inlooking, looking inside'. Mythologically, envy was represented with a head full of serpents and with a somber look. The concept of the evil eye involves all types of projective magical thinking, centered around the relation of the eye to the object.