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Résumé (Abstract)
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This article proposes to analyse a prototypic contellation of symptoms of carency in primary narcissism present in the historical figure of the berber chieftain and King Jugurtha as he is described in the historical book of the roman writer Saluste named « War of Jugurtha ». This poster proposes to visually display the familial constellation of the protagonist, which is adopted, but also to analyse his motives the led him to the killing of his adoptive father in a patricidal act with his adoptive brothers before killing them both coldly afterwards in order the become the only undisputed and acclaimed king. The motives will be approached by a psychanalytical point of view, mainly inspired by Melanie Klein’s writings on hate, envy and jealousy, which will, in this case, be adapted to jealousy in siblings, the peripeties of adoption and a feeling of hatred articulated with narcissistic carencies and a need to feel admired and legitimated uncontestedly. In this article, links will be made with other similary events from neuro-biological points of view as for example in herds of animals from an evolutionary point of view, but also related to other famous historical figures where emotional involvents can be exacerbated in view of political adventures (Catherine the Great and Lucretia Borgia) ; and where a similar occurrence of jealousy, hatred and murder driven by reckless ambition based, in negative, upon a lack of primary narcissism, linked with a need for general uncontested admiration and legitimization took place. Finally, an attempt to regroup certain key points of this constellation under a psychanalytical complex with clinical relevance will be proposed. Links with psychotherapeutic material encountered in a clinical setting will also be made, with practical exemples of children suppressing any reference of their siblings or parents in order to solely remain at the center of the attention in various settings. The author believes that the early recognition and identification of this complex at an early age could (for instance with toddlers or young children), can eventually lead to early intervention and clinical management with the aim of preventing later subjective suffering and familial tensions at and adult phase.
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