Beyond the Pleasure Principle - Sigmund Freud - Dover Thrift Editions

Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud sets out a significant development in his psychological thinking. This Dover Thrift Editions paperback presents the work in a concise 64-page edition.

Key details

• Author: Sigmund Freud
• Series: Dover Thrift Editions
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 27 March 2015
• ISBN: 9780486790305

Synopsis

First published in 1920, this volume records Freud’s move beyond an earlier emphasis on pleasure and sexual instinct as the primary forces shaping human behaviour. In its place, he introduces the concepts of the death drive and death instinct, widening his theoretical approach and reframing how competing impulses might be understood. The result is a work that presents humanity as caught between opposing drives, and it remains one of his more controversial publications.

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