Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud that marks a major turning point in his theoretical approach.
The essay describes humans as struggling between two opposing drives: Eros, which produces.
With this essay, Freud went "beyond" the simple Pleasure principle, developing his theory of drives with the addition of the death drive(s) (Todestrieb e]) (often referred to as "Thanatos").
Previously, Freud attributed most human behavior to the sexual instinct (Eros or libido).
Beyond the Pleasure Principle is a 1920 essay by Sigmund Freud that marks a major turning point in his theoretical approach