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Beyond the Pleasure Principle

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The Beyond of the Pleasure Principle

Froyd's theory of the dream is that it causes an increase in excitation rather than a diminution of stimulus, which is pleasure. So this designates for him a beyond of the pleasure principle - and we have to talk about what he means by 'the beyond' The episode will be on BBC2 at 9pm ET/PT Tuesday November 14.

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