Pleasure And Instinct

Author : Allen, A H Burlton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136335692
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure And Instinct written by Allen, A H Burlton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. This is Volume I of ten in the Physiological Psychology series. Written in 1930, this book is an attempt to define the nature of feeling, that which in ordinary language is called pleasure and pain, or in more technically psychological terms the affective side of the 'mental life.

Author : Allen, A H Burlton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136335765
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure And Instinct written by Allen, A H Burlton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. This is Volume I of ten in the Physiological Psychology series. Written in 1930, this book is an attempt to define the nature of feeling, that which in ordinary language is called pleasure and pain, or in more technically psychological terms the affective side of the 'mental life.

Author : Denis Dutton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199539421
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art Instinct written by Denis Dutton and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance art. Some cultures produce carving but no drawing; others specialize in poetry. Yet despite the rich variety of artistic expression to be found across many cultures, we all share a deep sense of aesthetic pleasure. The need to create art of some form is found in every human society.In The Art Instinct, Denis Dutton explores the idea that this need has an evolutionary basis: how the feelings that we all share when we see a wonderful landscape or a beautiful sunset evolved as a useful adaptation in our hunter-gather ancestors, and have been passed on to us today, manifest in our artistic natures. Why do people indulge in displaying their artistic skills? How can we understand artistic genius? Why do we value art, and what is it for? These questions have long been asked by scholars in the humanities and in literature, but this is the first book to consider the biological basis of this deep human need.This sparking and intelligent book looks at these deep and fundamental questions, and combines the science of evolutionary psychology with aesthetics, to shed new light on longstanding questions about the nature of art.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141184051
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Classics Beyond the Pleasure Principle written by Sigmund Freud and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-07-29 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: in Freud's view we are driven by the desire for pleasure as well as by the desire to avoid pain. But the pursuit of pleasure has never been a simple thing. Pleasure can be a form of fear, a form of memory and a way of avoiding reality. Above all, as these essays show with remarkable eloquence, pleasure is a way in which we repeat ourselves. The essays collected in this volume explore, in Freud's uniquely subtle and accessible style, the puzzles of pleasure and morality - the enigmas of human development.

Author : A. H. Burlton Allen, A H Burlton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138875463
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pleasure and Instinct written by A. H. Burlton Allen, A H Burlton and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. This is Volume I of ten in the Physiological Psychology series. Written in 1930, this book is an attempt to define the nature of feeling, that which in ordinary language is called pleasure and pain, or in more technically psychological terms the affective side of the 'mental life.

Author : Rhyannon Byrd
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 1408975106
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rush of Pleasure (Mills & Boon Nocturne) written by Rhyannon Byrd and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unleash the untamed passions of the underworld in these deliciously wicked tales of paranormal romance. Dangerous passion and primal instincts...

Author : Susan Sugarman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107116392
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book What Freud Really Meant written by Susan Sugarman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents Freud's theory of the mind as an organic whole, built from first principles and developing in sophistication over time.

Author : Sigmund Freud
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141931663
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Pleasure Principle written by Sigmund Freud and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of some of Freud's most famous essays, including ON THE INTRODUCTION OF NARCISSISM; REMEMBERING, REPEATING AND WORKING THROUGH; BEYOND THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE; THE EGO AND THE ID and INHIBITION, SYMPTOM AND FEAR.

Author : Salman Akhtar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429902565
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle written by Salman Akhtar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freud's Beyond the Pleasure Principle constitutes a major landmark and a real turning point in the evolution of psychoanalytic theory. Pushing aside the primacy of the tension-discharge-gratification model of mental dynamics, this work introduced the notion of a "daemonic force" within all human beings that slowly but insistently seeks psychic inactivity, inertia, and death. Politely dismissed by some as a pseudo-biological speculation and rapturously espoused by others as a bold conceptual advance, "death instinct" became a stepping stone to the latter conceptualizations of mind's attacks on itself, negative narcissism, addiction to near-death, and the utter destruction of meaning in some clinical situations. The concept also served as a bridge between the quintessentially Western psychoanalysis and the Eastern perspectives on life and death. These diverse and rich connotations of the proposal are elucidated in On Freud's "Beyond the Pleasure Principle". Other consequences of Freud's 1920 paper - namely, the marginalization of ego instincts and the "upgrading" of aggression in the scheme of things - are also addressed.

Author : Gene Wallenstein
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 047047548X
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pleasure Instinct written by Gene Wallenstein and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-12-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An immensely fascinating look at the origins and evolutionary purpose of human pleasure From our enjoyment of music to our cravings for chocolate, from our love for children and family to our attraction to things of beauty, this book embarks on an intriguing and accessible exploration of the purpose of pleasure in our lives and in human history. How did pleasure evolve and why? How does it develop in children? How does the pursuit of pleasure play a critical role in brain development? The Pleasure Instinct explores everything we need to know about our urge to feel good.