Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Barnes And Noble Library Of Essential Reading Ser.)
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- Synopsis
- This controversial publication of the 1920s marks a turning point in Freud&’s theoretical approach. Previous to Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud attributed most behaviours to sexual impulses. In Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud outlines core psychoanalytic concepts, including libido, wish fulfillment, and repression. He paints a picture of the human struggle between instincts—the first set being creativity, harmony, and sexual connection, and the opposing set drawing us toward repetition, aggression, and compulsion. Perhaps most significant to this work, he moves past the conversation of sexual impulses and focuses on the death drive, or &“Thanatos,&” which he defines as &“an urge inherent in all organic life to restore an earlier state of things.&” The concept of Thanatos formed a path to subsequent theories concerning the mind&’s attacks on itself, negative narcissism, and addiction to near-death experiences—a concept which helped link Western psychoanalysis with Eastern perspectives on life and death.
- Copyright:
- 2009
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 96 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780735254442
- Publisher:
- McClelland & Stewart
- Date of Addition:
- 09/01/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Pacific Publishing Studio
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.