Psychology & Psychiatry, General

Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Name: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Author: Sigmund Freud
ISBN: 9780393007695

by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey (Editor), Gregory Zilboorg

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Synopsis

In 1915 at the University of Vienna 60-year-old Sigmund Freud delivered these lectures on psychoanalysis, pointing to the interplay of unconscious and conscious forces within individual psyches.

About the Author, Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) is one of the twentieth century's greatest minds and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. His many works include The Ego and the Id; An Outline of Psycho-Analysis; Inhibitions; Symptoms and Anxiety; New Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis; Civilization and Its Discontent, and others.

Peter Gay is the author of more than twenty-five books, including the National Book Award winner The Enlightenment, the best-selling Weimar Culture, and the widely translated Freud: A Life for Our Time. He lives in New York City.