Beyond the Pleasure Principle

E188058

book psychoanalytic work

Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a 1920 psychoanalytic work by Sigmund Freud that introduces the concepts of the death drive and repetition compulsion, challenging his earlier pleasure-centered theory of the mind.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Beyond the Pleasure Principle canonical	7
Jenseits des Lustprinzips	2
Beyond the Pleasure Principle (James Strachey translation)	1
Beyond the Pleasure Principle and Other Works	1
Freud's metapsychological writings	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1668170 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Context triple: [Sigmund Freud, notableWork, Beyond the Pleasure Principle]

A. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious is a seminal work by Carl Jung that explores his theory of universal, inherited psychological patterns and symbols shared across humanity.
B. The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
C. The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
D. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
E. The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
Target entity description: Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a 1920 psychoanalytic work by Sigmund Freud that introduces the concepts of the death drive and repetition compulsion, challenging his earlier pleasure-centered theory of the mind.

A. The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious is a seminal work by Carl Jung that explores his theory of universal, inherited psychological patterns and symbols shared across humanity.
B. The Analysis of Sensations
The Analysis of Sensations is Ernst Mach’s influential philosophical and scientific treatise that examines perception and experience to argue for an empiricist, anti-metaphysical view of the physical world.
C. The Phenomenon of Man
The Phenomenon of Man is a philosophical and theological work by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin that explores human evolution and consciousness within a cosmic, spiritually oriented framework.
D. Eros and Civilization
Eros and Civilization is a 1955 philosophical work by Herbert Marcuse that blends Marxist and Freudian ideas to critique modern industrial society and imagine a non-repressive, liberated future.
E. The Great Masturbator
The Great Masturbator is a 1929 surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí that depicts a distorted, dreamlike self-portrait exploring themes of sexuality, anxiety, and desire.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ psychoanalytic work ⓘ
author	Sigmund Freud ⓘ
centralConcept	beyond-the-pleasure-principle motivation ⓘ death drive ⓘ life drive ⓘ repetition compulsion ⓘ
challengesConcept	pleasure principle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Austria ⓘ
dateWritten	1919 ⓘ
discusses	compulsive repetition in dreams ⓘ traumatic neurosis in war veterans ⓘ
field	psychoanalysis ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	book ⓘ
firstEnglishPublicationYear	1922 ⓘ
follows	Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ psychology book ⓘ
hasEnglishTranslation	Beyond the Pleasure Principle (James Strachey translation) ⓘ linked to: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
hasPart	analysis of traumatic neurosis ⓘ discussion of children’s play ⓘ speculation on life and death instincts ⓘ theoretical discussion of instincts ⓘ
influenced	critical theory ⓘ literary theory ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ psychoanalytic theory ⓘ
inPsychoanalyticCanon	Freud’s metapsychological works ⓘ
keyExample	Fort/Da game ⓘ
language	German ⓘ
movement	classical psychoanalysis ⓘ
notableIdea	limitation of the pleasure principle ⓘ organisms seek to return to an inanimate state ⓘ repetition of traumatic experiences ⓘ
originalTitle	Jenseits des Lustprinzips ⓘ linked to: Beyond the Pleasure Principle
period	early 20th century ⓘ
precedes	The Ego and the Id ⓘ
proposesConcept	death drive ⓘ repetition compulsion ⓘ
publicationYear	1920 ⓘ
publisher	Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag ⓘ
subject	death drive ⓘ instinct theory ⓘ metapsychology ⓘ pleasure principle ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ repetition compulsion ⓘ
theoreticalFramework	drive theory ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sigmund Freud → notableWork → Beyond the Pleasure Principle ⓘ

The Trauma of Birth → relatedWork → Beyond the Pleasure Principle ⓘ

Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality → partOf → Freud's metapsychological writings ⓘ