About “Beyond the Pleasure Principle”
Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud that marks a major turning point in his drive theory. Freud had previously attributed self-preservation to the drives of Eros and libido regulation, governed by the pleasure principle. Revising this, he theorized the death drives, a tendency toward destruction and annihilation expressed through aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1922
- Latest edition
- 2009 · ISBN 9780141931661
- ISBN
- 9780141931661
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| Cover | Edition | Year | ISBN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Beyond the Pleasure Principle | 2009 | 9780141931661 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 2009 | 9781578988174 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 2009 | 9781578988174 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 2006 | 9780760774915 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Beyond the pleasure principle | 1989 | 0393007693 | Buy on Amazon |
 | Beyond the pleasure principle | 1975 | 0393011186 | Buy on Amazon |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 1975 | 0393007693 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 1961 | 0701201096 | Buy on Amazon | |
| Beyond the pleasure principle | 1961 | 0393007693 | Buy on Amazon | |
 | Beyond the pleasure principle | 1922 | — | Buy on Amazon |
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Beyond the Pleasure Principle by Sigmund Freud has 90 pages.
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