The Ego and the Id

by Sigmund Freud, James Strachey, Peter Gay

Overview

In 1923, in this volume, Freud worked out important implications of the structural theory of mind that he had first set forth three years earlier in Beyond the Pleasure Principle. The Ego and the Id ranks high among the works of Freud's later years. The heart of his concern is the ego, which he sees battling with three forces: the id, the super-ego, and the outside world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393001426
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	09/17/1990
Series:	Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud
Edition description:	The Standard Edition
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	433,145
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

The Father of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) ranks among the most important figures in Western psychology. He is responsible for the theories of parapraxis (Freudian slips), dreams as wish fulfillment, the Oedipus complex, repression, the unconscious mind, and other concepts.