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Death drive

Index Death drive

In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 69 relations: Abingdon-on-Thames, Aggression, Arthur Schopenhauer, Basic Books, Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Charles Brenner (psychiatrist), Civilization and Its Discontents, Cupio dissolvi, Death drive, Depression (mood), Drive theory, Edoardo Weiss, Ego psychology, Eric Berne, Ernest Jones, Group conflict, Guilt (emotion), Hanna Segal, Heinz Hartmann, Herbert Rosenfeld, History of narcissism, Impulsivity, Instinct, Intrusive thought, Jacques Lacan, Jean Laplanche, Joseph Campbell, Kabbalah, Karl Menninger, Libido, Melanie Klein, MIT Press, Object relations theory, Paradigm, Paul Federn, Pessimism, Play (activity), Pleasure principle (psychology), Psychical inertia, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic theory, Psychological trauma, Repetition compulsion, Resistance (psychoanalysis), Robert Bly, Routledge, Sabina Spielrein, Sadomasochism, Salman Akhtar, ... Expand index (19 more) »

  2. 1910s neologisms
  3. Energy and instincts
  4. Thanatos

Abingdon-on-Thames

Abingdon-on-Thames, commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish on the River Thames in the Vale of the White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England.

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Aggression

Aggression is a behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone.

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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 1950 and located in New York City, now an imprint of Hachette Book Group.

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Beyond the Pleasure Principle

Beyond the Pleasure Principle (Jenseits des Lustprinzips) is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts

Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.

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Charles Brenner (psychiatrist)

Charles Brenner (18 November 1913, in Boston – 19 May 2008) was an American psychoanalyst who served as president of the New York Psychoanalytic Society, and is perhaps best known for his contributions to drive theory, the structure of the mind, and conflict theory.

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Civilization and Its Discontents

Civilization and Its Discontents is a book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.

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Cupio dissolvi

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

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Death drive

In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors such as aggression, repetition compulsion, and self-destructiveness. Death drive and death drive are 1910s neologisms, death, energy and instincts, Freudian psychology, psychoanalytic terminology and Thanatos.

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Depression (mood)

Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.

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Drive theory

In psychology, a drive theory, theory of drives or drive doctrine is a theory that attempts to analyze, classify or define the psychological drives. Death drive and drive theory are psychoanalytic terminology.

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Edoardo Weiss

Edoardo Weiss (1889-1970) was the earliest Italian psychoanalyst, and the founder of psychoanalysis in Italy.

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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 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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Group conflict

Group conflict, or hostilities between different groups, is a feature common to all forms of human social organization (e.g., sports teams, ethnic groups, nations, religions, gangs), and also occurs in social animals.

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Guilt (emotion)

Guilt is a moral emotion that occurs when a person believes or realizes—accurately or not—that they have compromised their own standards of conduct or have violated universal moral standards and bear significant responsibility for that violation.

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Hanna Segal

Hanna Segal (born Hanna Poznańska; 20 August 1918 – 5 July 2011) was a British psychoanalyst of Polish descent 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 an Austrian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

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Herbert Rosenfeld

Herbert Alexander Rosenfeld (2 July 1910 – 29 November 1986) was a German-British psychoanalyst.

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History of narcissism

The concept of excessive selfishness has been recognized throughout history.

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Impulsivity

In psychology, impulsivity (or impulsiveness) is a tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

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Instinct

Instinct is the inherent inclination of a living organism towards a particular complex behaviour, containing innate (inborn) elements.

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Intrusive thought

An intrusive thought is an unwelcome, involuntary thought, image, or unpleasant idea that may become an obsession, is upsetting or distressing, and can feel difficult to manage or eliminate.

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Jacques Lacan

Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (13 April 1901 – 9 September 1981) was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist.

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Jean Laplanche

Jean Laplanche (21 June 1924 – 6 May 2012) was a French author, psychoanalyst and winemaker.

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Joseph Campbell

Joseph John Campbell (March 26, 1904 – October 30, 1987) was an American writer.

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Kabbalah

Kabbalah or Qabalah (קַבָּלָה|Qabbālā|reception, tradition) is an esoteric method, discipline and school of thought in Jewish mysticism.

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Karl Menninger

Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 – July 18, 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.

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Libido

In psychology, libido (from the Latin, 'desire') is psychic drive or energy, usually conceived as sexual in nature, but sometimes conceived as including other forms of desire. Death drive and libido are energy and instincts, Freudian psychology and psychoanalytic terminology.

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Melanie Klein

Melanie Klein (née Reizes; 30 March 1882 – 22 September 1960) was an Austrian-British author and psychoanalyst known for her work in child analysis.

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MIT Press

The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Object relations theory

Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development. Death drive and Object relations theory are Freudian psychology.

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Paradigm

In science and philosophy, a paradigm is a distinct set of concepts or thought patterns, including theories, research methods, postulates, and standards for what constitute legitimate contributions to a field.

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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 in which an undesirable outcome is anticipated from a given situation.

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Play (activity)

Play is a range of intrinsically motivated activities done for 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 to satisfy biological and psychological needs. Death drive and pleasure principle (psychology) are energy and instincts, Freudian psychology and psychoanalytic terminology.

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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. Death drive and Psychical inertia are Freudian psychology and psychoanalytic terminology.

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Psychoanalysis

PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: +. is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge.

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Psychoanalytic theory

Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development relating to the practice of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology. Death drive and Psychoanalytic theory are Freudian psychology.

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Psychological trauma

Psychological trauma (also known as mental trauma, psychiatric trauma, emotional damage, or psychotrauma) is an emotional response caused by severe distressing events that are outside the normal range of human experiences.

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Repetition compulsion

Repetition compulsion is the unconscious tendency of a person to repeat a traumatic event or its circumstances. Death drive and Repetition compulsion are 1910s neologisms, Freudian psychology and psychoanalytic terminology.

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Resistance (psychoanalysis)

In psychoanalysis, resistance is the individual's efforts to prevent repressed drives, feelings or thoughts from being integrated into conscious awareness. Death drive and resistance (psychoanalysis) are Freudian psychology and psychoanalytic terminology.

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Robert Bly

Robert Elwood Bly (December 23, 1926 – November 21, 2021) was an American poet, essayist, activist and leader of the mythopoetic men's movement.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Sabina Spielrein

Sabina Nikolayevna Spielrein (p; 7 November 25 October 1885 OS – 11 August 1942) was a Russian physician and one of the first female psychoanalysts.

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Sadomasochism

Sadism and masochism, known collectively as sadomasochism, are the derivation of pleasure from acts of respectively inflicting or receiving pain or humiliation.

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Salman Akhtar

Salman Akhtar (born 31 July 1946) is an Indian-American psychoanalyst practicing in the United States.

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Self-destructive behavior

Self-destructive behavior is any behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful towards the person who engages in the behavior.

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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 evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and human agency derived from it.

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Social group

In the social sciences, a social group is 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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Splitting (psychology)

Splitting (also called binary thinking, black-and-white thinking, all-or-nothing thinking, or thinking in extremes) is the failure in a person's thinking to bring together the dichotomy of both perceived positive and negative qualities of something into a cohesive, realistic whole. Death drive and Splitting (psychology) are Freudian psychology.

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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 (Θᾰ́νᾰτος, Thánatos, pronounced in "Death", from θνῄσκω thnēskō "(I) die, am 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 Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.

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The Literary Encyclopedia

The Literary Encyclopedia is an online reference work first published in October 2000.

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The Scorpion and the Frog

The Scorpion and the Frog is an animal fable which teaches that vicious people cannot resist hurting others even when it is not in their own interests.

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The World as Will and Representation

The World as Will and Representation (WWR; Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung, WWV), sometimes translated as The World as Will and Idea, 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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Transactional analysis

Transactional analysis is a psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy wherein social interactions (or "transactions") are analyzed to determine the ego state of the communicator (whether parent-like, childlike, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior.

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Useless machine

A useless machine or useless box is a device whose only function is to turn itself off.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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Western culture

Western culture, also known as Western civilization, European civilization, Occidental culture, or Western society, includes the diverse heritages of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems, artifacts and technologies of the Western world.

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Wilfred Bion

Wilfred Ruprecht Bion DSO (8 September 1897 – 8 November 1979) was an influential English 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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Will to live

The will to live (German: Wille zum Leben) is a concept developed by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, representing an irrational "blind incessant impulse without knowledge" that drives instinctive behaviors, causing an endless insatiable striving in human existence.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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See also

1910s neologisms

Energy and instincts

Thanatos

References

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

Also known as Death instinct, Destrado, Destrudo, Mortido, Thanatos (Freud), Thanatos (psychoanalysis), Todestrieb, Wish to die.

, Self-destructive behavior, Sigmund Freud, Social group, Splitting (psychology), Suicide, Thanatos, The Ego and the Id, The Literary Encyclopedia, The Scorpion and the Frog, The World as Will and Representation, Thoughts for the Times on War and Death, Transactional analysis, Useless machine, W. W. Norton & Company, Western culture, Wilfred Bion, Wilhelm Stekel, Will to live, World War I.