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Death drive

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In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and self-destruction. [1]

39 relations: Arthur Schopenhauer, Basic Books, Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Civilization and Its Discontents, Cupio dissolvi, Destrudo, Drive theory, Ego psychology, Eric Berne, Ernest Jones, Hanna Segal, Heinz Hartmann, Instinct, Jacques Lacan, Melanie Klein, Mortido, Object relations theory, Paul Federn, Pessimism, Play (activity), Pleasure principle (psychology), Psychical inertia, Psychoanalytic theory, Psychological trauma, Repetition compulsion, Sabina Spielrein, Sigmund Freud, Social group, Suicidal ideation, Suicide, Thanatos, The Ego and the Id, The World as Will and Representation, Thoughts for the Times on War and Death, Useless machine, Western culture, Wilfred Bion, Wilhelm Stekel, World War I.

Arthur Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher.

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Basic Books

Basic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York, now an imprint of Hachette Books.

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Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Jenseits des Lustprinzips) is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud that marks a major turning point in his theoretical approach.

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Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud.

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Cupio dissolvi

Cupio dissolvi is a Latin locution used in the Vulgate translation of the Paul's epistle to Philippians.

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Destrudo

Destrudo is a term introduced by Italian psychoanalyst Edoardo Weiss in 1935 to denote the energy of the death instinct, on the analogy of libido—and thus to cover the energy of the destructive impulse in Freudian psychology.

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Drive theory

In psychology, a drive theory or drive doctrine is a theory that attempts to define, analyze, or classify the psychological drives.

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Ego psychology

Ego psychology is a school of psychoanalysis rooted in Sigmund Freud's structural id-ego-superego model of the mind.

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Eric Berne

Eric Berne (May 10, 1910 – July 15, 1970) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist who, in the middle of the 20th century, created the theory of transactional analysis as a way of explaining human behavior.

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Ernest Jones

Alfred Ernest Jones (1 January 1879 – 11 February 1958) was a Welsh neurologist and psychoanalyst.

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Hanna Segal

Hanna Segal (born Hanna Poznanska; 20 August 1918 – 5 July 2011) was a British psychoanalyst and a follower of Melanie Klein.

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Heinz Hartmann

Heinz Hartmann (November 4, 1894 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary – May 17, 1970 in Stony Point, New York), was a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

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Instinct

Instinct or innate behavior is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behavior.

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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist who has been called "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud".

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Melanie Klein

Melanie Reizes Klein (30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British psychoanalyst who devised novel therapeutic techniques for children that influenced child psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis.

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Mortido

Mortido is a term used in Freudian psychoanalysis to refer to the energy of the death instinct, formed on analogy to the term libido.

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Object relations theory

Object relations theory in psychoanalytic psychology is the process of developing a psyche in relation to others in the environment during childhood.

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Paul Federn

Paul Federn (October 13, 1871 – May 4, 1950) was an Austrian-American psychologist who was a native of Vienna.

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Pessimism

Pessimism is a mental attitude.

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Play (activity)

In psychology and ethology, play is a range of voluntary, intrinsically motivated activities normally associated with recreational pleasure and enjoyment.

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Pleasure principle (psychology)

In Freudian psychoanalysis, the pleasure principle (Lustprinzip) is the instinctive seeking of pleasure and avoiding of pain in order to satisfy biological and psychological needs.

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Psychical inertia

Psychical inertia is a term introduced by Carl Jung to describe the psyche's resistance to development and change.

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Psychoanalytic theory

Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.

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Psychological trauma

Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event.

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Repetition compulsion

Repetition compulsion is a psychological phenomenon in which a person repeats a traumatic event or its circumstances over and over again.

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Sabina Spielrein

Sabina Nikolayevna Spielrein (p; 25 October 1885 OS – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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Social group

In the social sciences, a social group has been defined as two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics, and collectively have a sense of unity.

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Suicidal ideation

Suicidal ideation, also known as suicidal thoughts, is thinking about or having an unusual preoccupation with suicide.

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Suicide

Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.

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Thanatos

In Greek mythology, Thanatos (Θάνατος, pronounced in "Death", from θνῄσκω thnēskō "to die, be dying") was the personification of death.

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The Ego and the Id

The Ego and the Id (Das Ich und das Es) is a prominent paper by the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.

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The World as Will and Representation

The World as Will and Representation (WWR; Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, WWV) is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.

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Thoughts for the Times on War and Death

Thoughts for the Time of War and Death (Zeitgemäßes über Krieg und Tod) is a set of twin essays written by Sigmund Freud in 1915, six months after the outbreak of World War I. The essays express discontent and disillusionment with human nature and human society in the aftermath of the hostilities; and generated much interest among lay readers of Freud.

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Useless machine

A useless machine is a device which has a function but no direct purpose.

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Western culture

Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Occidental culture, the Western world, Western society, European civilization,is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems and specific artifacts and technologies that have some origin or association with Europe.

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Wilfred Bion

Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential British psychoanalyst, who became president of the British Psychoanalytical Society from 1962 to 1965.

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Wilhelm Stekel

Wilhelm Stekel (18 March 1868 – 25 June 1940) was an Austrian physician and psychologist, who became one of Sigmund Freud's earliest followers, and was once described as "Freud's most distinguished pupil".

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_drive

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