Time Driven: Metapsychology and the Splitting of the Drive

by Adrian Johnston

Book Overview

Elaborating the fundamental concept of Trieb, or drive, Freud outlines two basic types of conflict that at once disturb and organize mental life: the conflict between drives and reality; and the conflict between the drives themselves (as in amorous Eros against the aggressive death drive). In Time Driven, Adrian Johnston identifies a third distinct type of conflict overlooked by Freud: the conflict embedded within each and every drive. By bringing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810122057
• ISBN13: 9780810122055
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"