Project Gutenberg 2025-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 585 Freud, Sigmund 1856 1939 Freud, Sigm. Freud, Sigismund Schlomo Hubback, C. J. M. (Caroline Jane Mary) 1871 1959 Hubback, Caroline Jane Mary 23008170 Jenseits des Lustprinzips. English Beyond the pleasure principle $aLondon :$bThe International Psycho-Analytical Press, $c1922. International psycho-analytical library ; no. 4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_Pleasure_Principle Richard 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.) "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.) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000656690 20240329092340freud 1922 GB Reading ease score: 49.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Psychoanalysis Pleasure principle (Psychology) BF Text Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics 239246 2025-07-30T06:23:38.384633 text/html 196613 2025-05-06T14:24:03 text/html 390844 2025-07-30T06:23:46.911067 application/epub+zip 389835 2025-07-30T06:23:41.624109 application/epub+zip 308573 2025-07-30T06:23:39.695144 application/epub+zip 514468 2025-07-30T06:23:50.095072 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 485951 2025-07-30T06:23:45.599122 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 168276 2025-07-30T06:23:37.405623 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 148320 2025-05-06T14:24:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17569 2025-07-30T06:23:50.257057 application/rdf+xml 13793 2025-07-30T06:23:40.455152 image/jpeg 1799 2025-07-30T06:23:40.033107 image/jpeg 1340696 2025-07-30T06:23:38.421637 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia