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100 1 _aFreud, Sigmund,
_d1856-1939
240 1 0 _aJenseits des Lustprinzips. English
245 1 0 _aBeyond the pleasure principle
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aInternational psycho-analytical library ; no. 4
500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Pleasure_Principle
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-06
508 _aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Beyond the Pleasure Principle" by Sigmund Freud is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the underlying mechanisms of the human psyche, questioning and expanding upon established psychoanalytic concepts, particularly the pleasure principle. Freud introduces provocative ideas regarding human drives, trauma, and the existence of instincts beyond the mere pursuit of pleasure, which became foundational for later psychoanalytic theory. This work is central for anyone interested in the development of concepts such as the death drive and the unconscious motivations behind repetitive and often self-destructive behavior. The opening of "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" presents Freud's initial discussion of the pleasure principle as the guiding force of mental life, proposing that people instinctively seek to avoid pain and pursue pleasure. Freud references previous philosophical and psychological thought, incorporating empirical insights from psychoanalysis and carefully distinguishing between concepts like pleasure, pain, and the "constancy principle." He then questions the supremacy of the pleasure principle by analyzing cases where it seems to be overruled, such as traumatic neuroses and the compulsion to repeat distressing experiences. Freud further illustrates his points through observations of children's play, dream patterns following trauma, and the phenomenon of repetition in neurotic behavior, setting the stage for his hypothesis that a more fundamental instinct—possibly even one orientated toward death—may exist beneath and beyond the pursuit of pleasure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: The International Psycho-Analytical Press, 1922
653 _aPsychoanalysis
653 _aPleasure principle (Psychology)
700 1 _aHubback, C. J. M.
_q(Caroline Jane Mary),
_d1871-1959
830 0 _aInternational psycho-analytical library ; no. 4
856 4 _uhttps://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000656690
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76031
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