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Pleasure Principle

The Pleasure Principle is a foundational psychoanalytic construct that governs the instinctual drive to seek immediate gratification and avoid psychic tension, operating through the unconscious imperative to maximize pleasure and minimize displeasure in mental functioning.

118

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12.9K

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133

Authors

63

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Variants

Lustprinzip

Parents

Publications

118

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Authors

133

  1. LH
    Laura Harris

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  2. MP
    Michel Poizat

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  3. CS
    Cordelia Schmidt‐Hellerau

    Charleston School of Law, United States

    2 publications · 23 citations

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  4. CM
    Catherine Malabou

    Université Paris Nanterre, France

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  5. FC
    Fátima Caropreso

    Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil

    2 publications · 21 citations

    2

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Institutions

63

  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    207 citations

  2. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    76 citations

  3. Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition

    Pensacola, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    59 citations

  4. Birkbeck, University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  5. Hebrew University of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  6. SUNY Upstate Medical University

    Syracuse, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    25 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    169 citations

  8. University of Gothenburg

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    62 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 9 publications · 1.9K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 8 publications · 246 citations

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  3. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis

    6 publications · 154 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 4 publications · 92 citations

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  5. Ancient Philosophy

    3 publications · 89 citations

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