Beyond the pleasure principle and other writings
By: Sigmund Freud ; translated by John Reddick ; with an introduction by Mark Edmundson.
Contributors: Reddick, John.; Edmundson, Mark, 1952-
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books; PENGUIN GROUP
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Psychoanalysis
Work titles: Essays.
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 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "The new Penguin Freud"--Prelim. p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-[271]).
Table of contents: title: The; title: The; title: The