Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Freud, Sigmund

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486790304 ISBN 13: 9780486790305

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc, 2015

Synopsis

Beyond the Pleasure Principle

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From the Back Cover:

This controversial 1920 publication marks a turning point in the celebrated philosopher's theoretical approach. Previously, Freud considered most behavior attributable to sexual impulses. In this volume, he expands his theory beyond these creative impulses to discuss the impact on human psychology of the death drive, or "Thanatos," which he defines as "an urge inherent in all organic life to restore an earlier state of things."
Beyond the Pleasure Principle is among Freud's most intensely debated works, and the important questions that it raises continue to be widely debated a century later. Rejected by some as a pseudo-biological speculation, the concept of Thanatos was embraced by others and formed a path to subsequent theories concerning the mind's attacks on itself, negative narcissism, and addiction to near-death experiences. The concept also helped link Western psychoanalysis with Eastern perspectives on life and death, making this book essential reading for students of psychology, history, and literature.

About the Author:

The Father of Psychoanalysis, Freud ranks among the most important figures in Western psychology, and this is his most famous work. Freud is responsible for the theories of parapraxis (Freudian slips), dreams as wish fulfillment, the Oedipus complex, repression, the unconscious mind, and other concepts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0486790304
• ISBN 13: 9780486790305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80