Self and Identity (Guomai Classic)

This book is a classic work on psychology, containing a total of four works. Among them, "Beyond the Pleasure Principle" proposed for the first time that people have a "death instinct" and a "life instinct", and regarded the struggle between the two forces as the determiner of the entire life movement. "Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Self" discusses the theory that "the essence of a group lies in its own libidinal connections." "Self and Id" talks about the process of consciousness, preconsciousness, and subconsciousness, as well as the differentiation of the ego from the id and the superego from the ego. "Suppression, Symptoms and Anxiety" puts forward the theory of the relationship between depression, anxiety and psychological defense mechanisms. This book concisely expresses the theoretical points and essence of psychoanalysis, and has certain reference value for readers to understand psychology.