The Unconscious
The Unconscious by Sigmund Freud, published by Penguin Adult on September 29, 2005, is a significant work in the field of psychology, comprising 105 pages in English. This edition presents Freud’s exploration of how unacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into the unconscious, influencing our lives in profound ways. The book includes key statements about the evidence for the unconscious and its functioning, along with major essays that delve into the fundamentals of mental processes.
Readers will find Freud examining the tension between the pleasure principle and the reality principle, as well as the complex ways in which individuals express and deny their deepest fears. The text also addresses the psychological underpinnings of various behaviors, including the need for fetishes in sexual satisfaction, and offers insights into the nature of sadism, masochism, exhibitionism, and voyeurism. This volume serves as a foundational piece for understanding cognitive psychology and psychoanalysis, making it a valuable resource for those interested in the intricacies of human behavior and mental functioning.
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One of Freud�s central achievements was to demonstrate how unacceptable thoughts and feelings are repressed into the unconscious, from where they continue to exert a decisive influence over our lives.
This volume contains a key statement about evidence for the unconscious, and how it works, as well as major essays on all the fundamentals of mental functioning. Freud explores how we are torn between the pleasure principle and the reality principle, how we often find ways both to express and to deny what we most fear, and why certain men need fetishes for their sexual satisfaction. His study of our most basic drives, and how they are transformed, brilliantly illuminates the nature of sadism, masochism, exhibitionism and voyeurism.
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