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O mal-estar na civilização, novas conferências introdutórias à psicanálise e outros textos 1930-36
O mal-estar na civilização é considerado o mais importante trabalho de Freud no âmbito da sociologia e antropologia. Escrito às vésperas do colapso da Bolsa de Valores de Nova York (1929), é uma investigação sobre as raízes da infelicidade humana, sobre o conflito entre instintos e cultura e a forma que ele assume na civilização moderna. Também constitui, nas palavras do historiador Peter Gay, “uma teoria psicanalítica da política”.
As Novas conferências introdutórias podem ser lidas como obra autônoma, pois sintetizam as principais descobertas da psicanálise e expõem seus desenvolvimentos após 1917. A mais influente delas é “A dissecção da personalidade psíquica”.
Por que a guerra? foi parte de uma troca de ideias com Einstein, feita por solicitação da Liga das Nações, antecessora da ONU. Impressionados com os horrores da Primeira Guerra Mundial, os dois refletiram sobre a natureza da guerra e a forma de evitá-la ou diminuir seu alcance.
Entre os textos secundários do volume, destacam-se “Tipos libidinais”, sobre a possibilidade de classificar todos os indivíduos em “eróticos”, “narcisistas” ou “obsessivos”; “O prêmio Goethe”, sobre a relação entre Goethe e a psicanálise; e “Meu contato com Josef Popper”, sobre o filantropo e pensador que, escrevendo sob o pseudônimo de “Lynkeus”, prenunciou a teoria dos sonhos.
As Novas conferências introdutórias podem ser lidas como obra autônoma, pois sintetizam as principais descobertas da psicanálise e expõem seus desenvolvimentos após 1917. A mais influente delas é “A dissecção da personalidade psíquica”.
Por que a guerra? foi parte de uma troca de ideias com Einstein, feita por solicitação da Liga das Nações, antecessora da ONU. Impressionados com os horrores da Primeira Guerra Mundial, os dois refletiram sobre a natureza da guerra e a forma de evitá-la ou diminuir seu alcance.
Entre os textos secundários do volume, destacam-se “Tipos libidinais”, sobre a possibilidade de classificar todos os indivíduos em “eróticos”, “narcisistas” ou “obsessivos”; “O prêmio Goethe”, sobre a relação entre Goethe e a psicanálise; e “Meu contato com Josef Popper”, sobre o filantropo e pensador que, escrevendo sob o pseudônimo de “Lynkeus”, prenunciou a teoria dos sonhos.
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First published January 1, 1930
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Sigmund Freud
4,417 books8,471 followersDr. Sigismund Freud (later changed to Sigmund) was a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, who created an entirely new approach to the understanding of the human personality. He is regarded as one of the most influential—and controversial—minds of the 20th century.
In 1873, Freud began to study medicine at the University of Vienna. After graduating, he worked at the Vienna General Hospital. He collaborated with Josef Breuer in treating hysteria by the recall of painful experiences under hypnosis. In 1885, Freud went to Paris as a student of the neurologist Jean Charcot. On his return to Vienna the following year, Freud set up in private practice, specialising in nervous and brain disorders. The same year he married Martha Bernays, with whom he had six children.
Freud developed the theory that humans have an unconscious in which sexual and aggressive impulses are in perpetual conflict for supremacy with the defences against them. In 1897, he began an intensive analysis of himself. In 1900, his major work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' was published in which Freud analysed dreams in terms of unconscious desires and experiences.
In 1902, Freud was appointed Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Vienna, a post he held until 1938. Although the medical establishment disagreed with many of his theories, a group of pupils and followers began to gather around Freud. In 1910, the International Psychoanalytic Association was founded with Carl Jung, a close associate of Freud's, as the president. Jung later broke with Freud and developed his own theories.
After World War One, Freud spent less time in clinical observation and concentrated on the application of his theories to history, art, literature and anthropology. In 1923, he published 'The Ego and the Id', which suggested a new structural model of the mind, divided into the 'id, the 'ego' and the 'superego'.
In 1933, the Nazis publicly burnt a number of Freud's books. In 1938, shortly after the Nazis annexed Austria, Freud left Vienna for London with his wife and daughter Anna.
Freud had been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in 1923, and underwent more than 30 operations. He died of cancer on 23 September 1939.
In 1873, Freud began to study medicine at the University of Vienna. After graduating, he worked at the Vienna General Hospital. He collaborated with Josef Breuer in treating hysteria by the recall of painful experiences under hypnosis. In 1885, Freud went to Paris as a student of the neurologist Jean Charcot. On his return to Vienna the following year, Freud set up in private practice, specialising in nervous and brain disorders. The same year he married Martha Bernays, with whom he had six children.
Freud developed the theory that humans have an unconscious in which sexual and aggressive impulses are in perpetual conflict for supremacy with the defences against them. In 1897, he began an intensive analysis of himself. In 1900, his major work 'The Interpretation of Dreams' was published in which Freud analysed dreams in terms of unconscious desires and experiences.
In 1902, Freud was appointed Professor of Neuropathology at the University of Vienna, a post he held until 1938. Although the medical establishment disagreed with many of his theories, a group of pupils and followers began to gather around Freud. In 1910, the International Psychoanalytic Association was founded with Carl Jung, a close associate of Freud's, as the president. Jung later broke with Freud and developed his own theories.
After World War One, Freud spent less time in clinical observation and concentrated on the application of his theories to history, art, literature and anthropology. In 1923, he published 'The Ego and the Id', which suggested a new structural model of the mind, divided into the 'id, the 'ego' and the 'superego'.
In 1933, the Nazis publicly burnt a number of Freud's books. In 1938, shortly after the Nazis annexed Austria, Freud left Vienna for London with his wife and daughter Anna.
Freud had been diagnosed with cancer of the jaw in 1923, and underwent more than 30 operations. He died of cancer on 23 September 1939.
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July 14, 2021
MEU DEUS QUANTO TEMPO EU NÃO ENROLEI PRA TERMINAR ISSO AQ
ESTOU LIVRE LIVRE DE PENIS E CLITORIS E CRIANÇA E COMPLEXO DE EDIPO ESTOU LIVRE
Freud é MUITO interessante, mas tbm é DOIDO, então é um interessante MT esquisito as vezes, mas dentro de tudo que ele se propõe o mais assustador é ver sentido em vários raciocínios, eu posterguei tanto a leitura que em algum ponto acho que começou a ficar maçante mas por culpa minha mesmo, o bom do Freud é que ele escreve fácil e de forma bem didática então grande parte da obra acaba sendo bastante fluida, claro alguns textos ou capítulos foram bastante densos e lotados de releituras mas gostei bastante da maior parte.
ESTOU LIVRE LIVRE DE PENIS E CLITORIS E CRIANÇA E COMPLEXO DE EDIPO ESTOU LIVRE
Freud é MUITO interessante, mas tbm é DOIDO, então é um interessante MT esquisito as vezes, mas dentro de tudo que ele se propõe o mais assustador é ver sentido em vários raciocínios, eu posterguei tanto a leitura que em algum ponto acho que começou a ficar maçante mas por culpa minha mesmo, o bom do Freud é que ele escreve fácil e de forma bem didática então grande parte da obra acaba sendo bastante fluida, claro alguns textos ou capítulos foram bastante densos e lotados de releituras mas gostei bastante da maior parte.
February 21, 2024
Que prazer ler esse O mal-estar da civilização. Todo o mundo devia ler. É o que tenho a dizer, leiam, só leiam. Quanto ao resto são conferências, cartas e outras palavras de Freud. Grande autor, escreve muito bem.
September 17, 2020
Muito interessante pra quem quer compreender psicanálise sem ser do campo. Algumas críticas, no entanto, principalmente à noção de sexualidade. Também é possível criticar o energismo que serve de base pra muitos argumentos do doutor freudinho. Ainda assim, é um clássico e continua importante
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November 10, 2025Me he leído "Más allá del principio del placer" y los dos artículos para enciclopedia "Psicoanálisis" y "Teoría de la libido".
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February 10, 2021(Li só O mal estar na cultura)
May 29, 2021
Profunda análise sobres os males dos desejos e das pulsões mais originárias. E como um bom projeto a frente de seu tempo, cheio de buracos.
September 15, 2013
How ideas get filtered through public consciousness will never cease to amaze me. Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle serves as a great example of how this can work. Freud writes a book that works at revising, if not completely correcting, the theoretical aspects of his psychology, specifically related to the relationships between ego, instinct, pleasure, life, and death. I might even call it slightly hesitant in its claims, and I don't see anywhere in it that Freud takes an authoritative stance on these topics. It is meant to be, like much good science, the groundwork for future study.
The common cultural understanding, though, for people who haven't read Freud, is that this is the book that argues for the death drive. The belief is always about the death drive, notably singular, and how this counteracts the pleasure principle. And yet, this is not what we find in Freud's actual text. He does, in fact, introduce the idea of death instincts, certain tendencies toward a natural, organic death, that orient us with a certain...biological teleology. But these arguments are far from definitive, and far from being the whole content of the book. Much of Freud's writing, here, is deeply speculative, and he devotes a significant amount of time showing how one thing can look like what would seemingly be its opposite: such as a death instinct that fights against death by external causes, thus looking like a survival instinct, so that it can properly reach its natural end. Suffice to say, in any case, that a famous book, as it exists in Jung's collective unconscious (if it does), is always the sum of its text with the commentaries and adaptations that have followed it. Beyond the Pleasure Principle is "the death drive book," insofar as we have made it so, not so much because Freud wrote it that way.
As for the ideas themselves, I won't get into the gritty details. I didn't read the book in that mode, anyway. I'll simply say that Freud had a captivating mind, and as much in this text as in others. I particularly enjoyed his speculations on the isolated "vesicle," developing and adapting to a world of stimuli, both within and without. At points I felt almost queasy, and that is a good thing. This translation by James Strachey, also, one of the accepted standards, appears good, even if I'm sure there are newer and, perhaps, more accurate translations available today. Altogether, I'm pleased to have finally had a chance to acquaint myself with this particular volume from Doctor Freud.
The common cultural understanding, though, for people who haven't read Freud, is that this is the book that argues for the death drive. The belief is always about the death drive, notably singular, and how this counteracts the pleasure principle. And yet, this is not what we find in Freud's actual text. He does, in fact, introduce the idea of death instincts, certain tendencies toward a natural, organic death, that orient us with a certain...biological teleology. But these arguments are far from definitive, and far from being the whole content of the book. Much of Freud's writing, here, is deeply speculative, and he devotes a significant amount of time showing how one thing can look like what would seemingly be its opposite: such as a death instinct that fights against death by external causes, thus looking like a survival instinct, so that it can properly reach its natural end. Suffice to say, in any case, that a famous book, as it exists in Jung's collective unconscious (if it does), is always the sum of its text with the commentaries and adaptations that have followed it. Beyond the Pleasure Principle is "the death drive book," insofar as we have made it so, not so much because Freud wrote it that way.
As for the ideas themselves, I won't get into the gritty details. I didn't read the book in that mode, anyway. I'll simply say that Freud had a captivating mind, and as much in this text as in others. I particularly enjoyed his speculations on the isolated "vesicle," developing and adapting to a world of stimuli, both within and without. At points I felt almost queasy, and that is a good thing. This translation by James Strachey, also, one of the accepted standards, appears good, even if I'm sure there are newer and, perhaps, more accurate translations available today. Altogether, I'm pleased to have finally had a chance to acquaint myself with this particular volume from Doctor Freud.
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January 12, 2015Nos aspectos cujo Freud tocou no livro, pensei mais na busca pela felicidade. Para ele a felicidade sublime consiste na selvageria, no prazer intensificado pelos nossos impulsos agressivos e naturais. Fiquei em um dilema. Pensem: e não é melhor que seja assim? Já pensou se todo mundo seguisse o guia dos seus impulsos destrutivos para ser feliz? Seria um caos. Esse é um grande dilema que nos leva a pensar que todos buscamos algo que fugimos. Isto é, quando a felicidade é, nesse sentido selvagem, expressa pelos outros, fugimos dela. E quando expressamos ela, fogem de nós. Nesse sentido a felicidade é proibida, e é nisso que consiste, ao meu ver o livro de Freud. Vivemos em uma época em que o Amirável Mundo Novo de Audos Huxley nós vigia e nos castra. Nos tornamos assim, sonâmbulos impedidos de sentir nossa própria natureza.
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