Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory
In 1920 Beyond the Pleasure Principle was published. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He wrote the 1920 book. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.
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In 1920 Beyond the Pleasure Principle was published. The instrument is that revision-book. Sigmund Freud's documented role is: He wrote the 1920 book. Later 'death-drive' slogans are reception. Mixed later political uses are not 1920.
Context
Wartime repetition and grandchildren's play sit in the examples. The Ego and the Id is a neighbouring later book. The setting of Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory is the public file around 1920-01-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. One book. Mixed effects of Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory are separate paths.
Why it matters
Improving path from Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory on 1920-01-01. A public drive-theory revision is an education path. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.
Who was responsible
Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.
Sigmund Freud
PersonDirect responsibility
responsibility level 0.44 · verified
He wrote the 1920 book. Later 'death-drive' slogans are reception. Mixed later political uses are not 1920.
What changed
Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.
- FactBeyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicators (3)Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 1 January 1920 · verified
A public drive-theory revision is an education path.
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.16 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.4)
Observed
70% of 10-year-olds · 70 above the normal line (2022)
Worse than normalTwo readings: 57% of 10-year-olds (2019) and 70% of 10-year-olds (2022).
20192022 Above normal = worse
Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.14 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.35)
Observed
472 PISA score points · 28 below the normal line (2022)
Worse than normal7 readings, 2003–2022: fell from 499 PISA score points to 472 PISA score points.
Above normal = better
Weakens · Relationship strength 0.12 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.3)
Observed
11% of primary-school-age children · 11 above the normal line (2023)
Worse than normalAbove normal = worse
Evidence
The sources behind this fact and its verification state.
- 1.PEP-Web — Freud, S. (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Standard Edition 18Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP-Web) · High credibility · verified
- 2.Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Sigmund FreudInternet Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: PEP-Web — Freud, S. (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Standard Edition 18, drives neighbourhood at https://pep-web.org/search/document/SE.018.0001A (opens in a new tab) (Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP-Web)). Independent locator: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, later metapsychology at https://iep.utm.edu/freud/ (opens in a new tab) (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: PEP-Web — Freud, S. (1920) Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Standard Edition 18, drives neighbourhood (https://pep-web.org/search/document/SE.018.0001A (opens in a new tab); Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP-Web)). Independent carrier: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Freud, later metapsychology (https://iep.utm.edu/freud/ (opens in a new tab); Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy).
Established: a sourced public record of Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory under 1920-01-01 for Sigmund Freud. Established: a sourced public record of Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory under 1920-01-01.
Shared responsibility is part of Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory. Naming Sigmund Freud does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1920-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.
If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.
Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.
Causal path
How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.
- ActorSigmund Freud
- contributed toFactBeyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory
- strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
- weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)
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Factrail. (2026). Beyond the Pleasure Principle is published as a 1920 public revision of drive theory. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-beyond-1920
https://factrail.ai/facts/fr-beyond-1920
Accessed 16 October 2026.
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