TY - BOOK AU - Barbier,André TI - Thoughts on Freud’s Theory of the Life Drive’s Early Stages PY - 2007///. N1 - 44 N2 - Freud originally considered that the self-preservation drive was fuelled by " egoism ", and later by libido. The classical notion that the sexual drive is supported by the self-preservation drive thus raises the question of the " original " relations of the libido with narcissism, desexualisation and mastery. The author subsequently attempts to define the role of original repression and primary symbolisation UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-revue-francaise-de-psychanalyse-2007-1-page-41?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -