{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Global Centre for Advanced Studies","provider_url":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/es","author_name":"Creston Davis","author_url":"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/es\/author\/crestondaviscc1a46ceec\/","title":"The Earth and its Relation to the Sun","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fSxk8udRqK\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/es\/2025\/05\/09\/2025-5-9-pkm5dm4pa8odkbvjyut0jv44giv54x\/\">The Earth and its Relation to the Sun<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/gcas.ie\/es\/2025\/05\/09\/2025-5-9-pkm5dm4pa8odkbvjyut0jv44giv54x\/embed\/#?secret=fSxk8udRqK\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u00abThe Earth and its Relation to the Sun\u00bb \u2014 The Global Centre for Advanced Studies\" data-secret=\"fSxk8udRqK\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/gcas.ie\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gcas.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Screenshot2025-05-09at19.52.16.webp?fit=1134%2C784&ssl=1","thumbnail_width":1134,"thumbnail_height":784,"description":"In his extraordinary and unsettling Beyond the Pleasure Principle, Freud turns his gaze from dreams and desire to the strange, compulsive force that returns us again and again to pain. What begins as a theory of wish-fulfillment fractures under the weight of trauma, grief, and war. With lyrical clarity, Aaron Murphy explores how Freud\u2019s death drive emerged not only from clinical perplexity, but also from personal loss\u2014the death of his daughter Sophie during the Spanish Flu. Murphy traces this theory through myth, neurosis, and mourning, offering a moving account of how repetition, ruin, and reality shape our lives. Between Eros and Thanatos, he argues, lies the delicate space we call living: \u201cWe encircle our delights and hold them close\u2026 Beyond that is mist, and storm surge, and whatever lies at the far end of death.\u201d"}