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Thoughts for the Times on War and Death. (1915) Note. In this essay, written about six months after the outbreak of the First World War, Freud expresses his disillusionment about human nature and the supreme institution of the civilized world, namely the state.
Sigmund Freud begins "Thoughts for the Times on War and Death" by lamenting Europe's degenerate state. Millions of soldiers are caught up in World War I (1914–18) while people at home feel disillusioned by the unwelcome changes that have befallen the continent.
The war years brought death to the center of Freud's thinking and his personal life. In his bleak outlook, Freud understood war to be a resurgence of the violent past that humankind was incapable of leaving behind.
But Freud grew disillusioned with the conflict, and the war seemed to have had a decisive effect on Freud's thinking. Death and violence became more prominent in his theories, and he emphasized the ways participation in mass society released deep-seated aggressive impulses.
Freud, S. (1915) Thoughts For The Times On War And Death. The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud 14:273-300 This is part of the PEP-Web Archive.
Freud’s New Introductory Lectures chapter, “The Question of a Weltanschauung,” along with several works of psychoanalytic social theory and little-known articles like “Why War?” and “Thoughts for the Times on War and Death,” indicates Freud’s continued interest in matters of psyche and society, contemporary politics, and history.
[volumes 14], pages 275-302. Series. The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud. Contributors. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. Mayne, E. C. translator. Notes. Translation of: "Zeitgemässes über Krieg und Tod". Imago, Bd. 4, Nr. 1 (1915), 1-21. This translation is based on that by E.C. Mayne, published in 1925. Languages.
