"Beyond the Pleasure Principle" , by Sigmund Freud

Assigned Reading(s) : "Beyond the Pleasure Principle"

Author : Sigmund Freud

Freud changed his mind on a few important matters. Perhaps the most striking was his revision of instinct , or his views on the Drive Theory.

Beyond the Pleasure Principle was published in 1920. This was his first clear statement of his new drive theory; love and life now stand over against aggression and death (eros and thanatos).

This was a turning point for the Psychoanalytical Movement.

REMINDER:

This event is a free-form, roundtable discussion of readings from a(n) book/assignment about or inspired by the ideas of the Perennial philosophies and the Hermetic perspective. We ask that members come prepared with passages or themes from the reading(s) that they wish to discuss with the group so that each discussion will focus on that which grabbed us each with the greatest force.