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BODYEGO [1 record]

Record 1 2000-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The self, as bodyego, is dominated by instinctual urges, impulsiveness, the pleasure principle, involuntary urges and discharges - all the id-like primary processes and drives described so well by Freud et al.

Key term(s)
  • body ego

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

L'on peut rappeler ici la phrase célèbre de Freud : «le moi est avant tout un moi corporel... Le moi est avant tout un moi-corps».

Spanish

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