Beyond the Pleasure Principle
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What’s it about?
Freud ventures beyond the pleasure principle to propose a darker, more fundamental drive—the death instinct—that pulls us toward quiescence and repetition, challenging our understanding of human motivation.
You’ll learn
- The death instinct vs. the life instinct
- Why we repeat painful experiences
- Traumatic dreams defy the pleasure principle
- How civilization channels Thanatos