Controversial 1920 publication expands Freud's theoretical approach to include the death drive. The philosopher's concept of the ongoing struggle between harmony (Eros) and destruction (Thanatos) influenced his subsequent work.
A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NARCISSISM; REMEMBERING, REPEATING AND WORKING THROUGH; BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; THE EGO AND THE ID and INHIBITION, SYMPTOM AND FEAR.
This book presents Freud's theory of the mind as an organic whole, built from first principles and developing in sophistication over time.
Pushing aside the primacy of the tension-discharge-gratification model of mental dynamics, this work introduced the notion of a "daemonic force" within all human beings that slowly but insistently seeks psychic inactivity, inertia, and ...
This work introduces the notion of a 'deamonic force' within all human beings that slowly but insistently seeks psychic inactivity, inertia, and death.
Psychoanalysis. Freudian system (BNB/PRECIS)
Here are the essential ideas of psychoanalytic theory, including Freud's explanations of such concepts as the Id, Ego and Super-Ego, the Death Instinct and Pleasure Principle, along with classic case studies like that of the Wolf Man.
Discusses the expectations and desires of opera audiences, and explains the feelings evoked by this art form in the hearts and minds of its devotees
Reprint. Originally published: London, Vienna: The International psycho-analytical press, 1922, in the series: International psycho-analytical library, no. 4.
This work introduces the notion of a 'deamonic force' within all human beings that slowly but insistently seeks psychic inactivity, inertia, and death.
It uniquely illuminates the forces of destruction and dissolution at work in individuals as well as in society. This book first introduces Freud’s use of the term, tracing the debates and developments his ideas have led to.