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In reasoned progression he outlined core psychoanalytic concepts, such as repression, free association and libido. Of the various English translations of Freud's major works to appear in his lifetime, only one was authorized by Freud himself: The Standard Edition of the Complete... Read Full Overview

First published in 1920, "Beyond the Pleasure Principle", by world-renowned psychologist Sigmund Freud, marks a major turning point in the author's theoretical approach. Prior to this work, Freud's examination of the forces that drive people focused primarily on the sexual... Read Full Overview

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This controversial 1920 publication marks a turning point in the celebrated philosopher's theoretical... Read Full Overview

Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a seminal work by the renowned psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, first published in 1922. In this book, Freud explores the concept of the death drive, a fundamental human instinct that he believed was responsible for much of our behavior, including... Read Full Overview

El curso de los procesos an micos es regulado autom ticamente por el principio del placer. El placer y el displacer pueden relacionarse con la cantidad de excitaci n existente en la vida an mica, correspondiendo el displacer a una elevaci n y el placer a una disminuci n de la... Read Full Overview

M s all del principio de placer es un ensayo que marca un punto de inflexi n en su enfoque te rico. Anteriormente, Freud atribu a la mayor a del comportamiento humano al instinto sexual (Eros o libido). Con este ensayo, Freud fue "m s all " del simple principio de placer, desarrollando... Read Full Overview

M s all del principio del placer es un art culo escrito por Sigmund Freud y publicado en 1920. Inaugura la fase final de sus concepciones, atribuye al fen meno de la "compulsi n de repetici n", ya observada en la cl nica, las caracter sticas de una pulsi n. El curso de los procesos... Read Full Overview

This antiquarian volume contains Karel Čapek's "And So Ad Infinitum: An Entomological Review in Three Acts". This delightfully witty and thoroughly thought-provoking play is testament to Čapek's mastery of the written word in all its forms, and constitutes a worthy... Read Full Overview

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Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a groundbreaking work by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. Published in 1922, the book explores the concept of the death drive, which Freud believed to be a fundamental human instinct that drives individuals towards self-destruction... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: : ...h die Auskunft, bei diesem Zustand sei wie so vieles andere auch die Traumfunktion ersch ttert und von ihren Absichten abgelenkt worden, oder wir m ten der r tselhaften masochistischen Tendenzen des Ichs gedenken.Ich mache nun den Vorschlag, das dunkle und... Read Full Overview