An anecdote about the author's nephew throwing a wooden reel into his bed, the "fort/da game," demonstrates the "instinct of mastery," and is thus one explanation of the "repetition compulsion" in this work.
The third section of this work concludes by citing a scene from Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered as the epitome of a "passive experience," while its fourth section announces that "what follows is speculation." This work distinguishes between "freely flowing" and "quiescent" cathexes and draws on Weismann's division of organisms into "mortal and immortal parts" as a biological basis for its primary thesis. An anecdote about the author's nephew throwing a wooden reel into his bed, the "fort/da game," demonstrates the "instinct of mastery," and is thus one explanation of the "repetition compulsion" in this work. It proposes that "thanatos," or the death instinct, works in concert with the title concept to drive human actions. For 10 points, name this work by Sigmund Freud about transcending bliss.
The third section of this work concludes by citing a scene from Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered as the epitome of a "passive experience," while its fourth section announces that "what follows is speculation.
Beyond the Pleasure Principle [or Jenseits des Lustprinzips]