Before revision: The beyond In his book Beyond the Pleasure Principle, published in 1921, Freud considered the possibility of "the operation of tendencies beyond the pleasure principle, that is, of tendencies more primitive than it and independent of it".On Metapsychology p. 287 Through an examination the role of repetition compulsion in potentially over-riding the pleasure principle,On Metapsychology p. 293 Freud ultimately developed his opposition between Libido, the life instinct, and the death drive.
After revision: The beyond In his book Beyond the Pleasure Principle, published in 1921, Freud considered the possibility of "the operation of tendencies beyond the pleasure principle, that is, of tendencies more primitive than it and independent of it".On Metapsychology p. 287 By examining the role of repetition compulsion in potentially over-riding the pleasure principle,On Metapsychology p. 293 Freud ultimately developed his opposition between Libido, the life instinct, and the death drive.