The Ego and the ID - by Sigmund Freud (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In his later work, Freud proposed that the human psyche could be divided into three parts: Id, ego and super-ego. Freud discussed this model in the 1920 essay Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and fully elaborated upon it in The Ego and the Id (1923), in which he developed it as an alternative to his previous topographic schema.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>In his later work, Freud proposed that the human psyche could be divided into three parts: Id, ego and super-ego. Freud discussed this model in the 1920 essay <em>Beyond the Pleasure Principle</em>, and fully elaborated upon it in <em>The Ego and the Id</em> (1923), in which he developed it as an alternative to his previous topographic schema (i.e., conscious, unconscious and preconscious).</p><p>The id is the completely unconscious, impulsive, childlike portion of the psyche that operates on the "pleasure principle" and is the source of basic impulses and drives; it seeks immediate pleasure and gratification.</p><p>Freud acknowledged that his use of the term <em>Id</em> (<em>das Es</em>, "the It") derives from the writings of Georg Groddeck. The super-ego is the moral component of the psyche, which takes into account no special circumstances in which the morally right thing may not be right for a given situation. The rational ego attempts to exact a balance between the impractical hedonism of the id and the equally impractical moralism of the super-ego; it is the part of the psyche that is usually reflected most directly in a person's actions. When overburdened or threatened by its tasks, it may employ defense mechanisms including denial repression, undoing, rationalization, repression, and displacement. This concept is usually represented by the "Iceberg Model". This model represents the roles the Id, Ego, and Super Ego play in relation to conscious and unconscious thought.</p><p>Freud compared the relationship between the ego and the id to that between a charioteer and his horses: the horses provide the energy and drive, while the charioteer provides direction.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><ul> <li>"Where id is, there shall ego be"</li> <li>"In many criminals, especially youthful ones, it is possible to detect a very powerful sense of guilt which existed before the crime, and is therefore not its result but its motive. It is as if it was a relief to be able to fasten this unconscious sense of guilt on to something real and immediate."</li> <li>"It is easy to show that the ego ideal answers to everything that is expected of the higher nature of man. As a substitute for a longing for the father, it contains the germ from which all religions have evolved."</li> <li>"It only too often yields to the temptation to become sycophantic, opportunist and lying, like a politician who sees the truth but wants to keep his place in popular favour."</li> </ul> <p><em> ― Sigmund Freud, The Ego and the Id</em></p><br>
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