Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego - Couverture souple

Freud, Sigmund; Brill, A. A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1494966174 ISBN 13 : 9781494966171

Editeur : Createspace Independent Pub, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego is a work of Sigmund Freud from the year 1921. In this monograph, Freud describes psychological mechanisms at work within mass movements. A mass, according to Freud, is a "temporary entity, consisting of heterogeneous elements that have joined together for a moment." He refers heavily to the writings of sociologist and psychologist Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931), summarizing his work at the beginning of the book in the chapter Le Bons Schilderung der Massenseele ("Le Bon's description of the group mind"). Like Le Bon, Freud says that as part of the mass, the individual acquires a sense of infinite power which allows him to act on impulses that he would otherwise have to curb as an isolated individual. These feelings of power and security allow the individual not only to act as part of the mass, but also to feel safety in numbers. This is accompanied, however, by a loss of conscious personality and a tendency of the individual to be infected by any emotion within the mass, and to amplify the emotion, in turn, by "mutual induction". Overall, the mass is "impulsive, changeable, and irritable. It is controlled almost exclusively by the unconscious."

Présentation de l'éditeur

One of Freud’s most introducing contributions to the study of psychology, this work explores group solidarity and behavior through the lens of psychoanalysis. While Freud helps to illuminate some of the nuances of group psychology, this work provokes many questions as to what makes people, and groups, think and behave as they do.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Createspace Independent Pub
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1494966174
• ISBN 13: 9781494966171
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 80