THE DUALITY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH INSTINCTS IN FREUD
THE DUALITY BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH INSTINCTS IN FREUD
Author(s): Matei GeorgescuSubject(s): Psychology
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: Freud; death drive; mental functioning; psyche
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of the death drive, Freud’s discovery of a death drive at the heart of mental functioning, and the distinction between life and death drives. We are specifically interested in how previous research investigated Freud’s dualistic view of life and death drives, Freud’s formulation of the role and function of the death drive, and death’s fundamental effect on life.
Journal: Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
- Issue Year: III/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 134-139
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English
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