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Beyond the pleasure principle and other writings (Penguin Modern Classics)

By Sigmund Freud , Mark Edmundson , John Reddick

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books
Year
2003
ISBN
9780141184050, 0141184051
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6388517 bytes)
Series
New Penguin Freud
Pages
\310
Topic
Psychology
DPI
400
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-08-15 04:54:15
PsychoanalysisTheory

Description

In Freud's view we are driven by the desire for pleasure as well as by the desire to avoid pain. But the pursuit of pleasure has never been a simple thing. Pleasure can be a form of fear, a form of memory and a way of avoiding reality. Above all, as these essays show with remarkable eloquence, pleasure is a way in which we repeat ourselves. The essays collected in this volume explore, in Freud's uniquely subtle and accessible style, the puzzles of pleasure and morality- the enigmas of human development.

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