I and It

The psychoanalytic essay I and It is dedicated to one of the most mysterious areas of the human psyche - the interaction between the conscious and the unconscious. Freud reveals the intricate mechanisms through which It, embodying the deep level of unconscious drives, manages our conscious I, creating the illusion that I independently makes decisions. The collection also includes the work Beyond the Pleasure Principle, in which the author contemplates the paradoxical drive towards death inherent in every living being, and the essay Moses and Monotheism.