1. Beyond the Pleasure Principle

2. The First Topography
Conscious
Preconscious
Unconscious

3. The Second Topography Ego – conscious “self”
Id – repressed unconscious
Superego – internalized conscience

4. The Logic of Defense Mechanisms

5. The Pleasure Principle
The id pursues pleasure and is unconcerned with the implications or repercussions.
Society brings the id’s pursuit of pleasure into alignment with “reality” and realistic ways of attaining pleasure. This is called “the reality principle”.
Early on in his career, Freud was convinced the pleasure principle held sway over unconscious life.

6. Especially in Dreams

7. Students and Colleagues like Carl Jung Disagreed

8. Freud was Bothered by Jung’s Interest in New Age Mysticism

9. Even Freud’s own Account of Dreams Seems to Confirm that not All Dreams are Sexual

10. Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920)

11. “Shell-shock” and Other Repetition Compulsions

12. Speculation: Trauma and the Primordial “Vesicle”

13. Repetition-Compulsion: Mastering Trauma

14. Eros vs. Thanatos: Life vs. Death
Eros – the pleasure principle: pursuit of (sexual) union
Thanatos – the death drive: pursuit of dissolution, return to previous state, destruction