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Death drive

In classical psychoanalysis, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is an aspect of libidinal energy that seeks "to lead organic life back into the inanimate state." For Sigmund Freud, it "express itself‍— though probably only in part‍— as a drive of destruction directed against the external world and other organisms", for example, in the behaviour of…

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Mortido and destrudo

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related to Further reading · 29
Death drive → Ambivalence, Child, Collected Papers, Critique, Death Instinct, Edoardo Weiss, Ego Psychology, Eissler, ISBN, Jean Laplanche, Mort, Narcissism, New York, Niklas Hageback, Otto Fenichel, Paul Federn, Principles, Psychanalyse, Psychodynamics, Psychoses
related to Analytic reception · 15
Death drive → Beyond, Comprehensive Dictionary, Ernest Jones, Freud, Freud's, Freudian, Heinz Hartmann, In, Kurt Eissler, Melanie Klein, Otto Fenichel, Pleasure Principle, Psychoanalysis, Salman Akhtar, The
related to Origin of the theory · 15
Death drive → Being, Beyond, Cause, Coming, Destruction, Eros, Freud, From, He, Id, In, In The Ego, Pleasure Principle, Sabina Spielrein, While
related to Philosophical connections to Schopenhauer · 12
Death drive → Arthur Schopenhauer, Ernest Jones, Freud, From, German, In, In The World, Representation, Schopenhauer, Schopenhauer's, The, Will
related to Terminology · 10
Death drive → Death, Freud, Freudian, German, Instinkt, Standard Edition, Thanatos, Three, Trieb, While Freud
related to Jacques Lacan · 9
Death drive → Characteristically, Da, Fort, French, Freud, Freud's, Jacques Lacan, Lacan, There

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death instinct drive freud aggression life mortido libido eros principle ego freud's destrudo theory instincts concept pleasure also term energy

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nutritioninstance ofwhich encompasses self-preservation and reproduction behaviours0.80text
sexualityinstance ofwhich encompasses self-preservation and reproduction behaviours0.80text
repetition compulsioninstance ofbut also through pathological behaviour0.80text
self-destructiveness.Freud proposed the concept of the deathinstance ofbut also through pathological behaviour0.80text
life drives in his work Beyond the Pleasure Principle in 1920instance ofbut also through pathological behaviour0.80text
projectioninstance ofwas the death instinct reoriented at the outside world.The death instinct can be directed outwards as aggression when the ego is disturbed and engages in a defense mechanism0.80text
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionThe0.60section
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionFreud0.60section
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionErnest Jones0.60section
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionBeyond0.60section
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionPleasure Principle0.60section
Death driverelated to Analytic receptionFreud's0.60section

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