Thoughts for the Times on War and Death
Thoughts for the Times on War and Death are a set of essays written by Sigmund Freud and originally published in 1915.
Freud discusses how war affects human beings on an individual level and society as a whole on a psychological level. Freud delves into how humans cope with the fear of death and the concept of their own mortality.
He also addresses the role of human aggression, the motives that lead to it, and how a society must have an alternative to aggression that can maintain social order.
It is important to know the social context in which they were written, only 6 months after World War I began.
This edition of the book Thoughts for the Times on War and Death is based on the translation by Dr. A. A Brill and Alfred B. Kuttner.
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- Pages
- 28
- Reading time
- 48 minutes
- Pace
- Intermediate
- First published
- 1915
- Language
- German
- Downloads
- 3,059
111 years later, still timely
Why Read Thoughts for the Times on War and Death in 2026?
Freud parses disillusion, mourning, and moral shock during WWI. Short, unsentimental essays that still diagnose our defenses.
Today's connection
For an age of constant crisis, it offers language for grief and a way to keep reasoning while the headlines burn.
Clear terms
Name the defenses.
Mourning
Feeling that works.
Ethics awake
Think amid turmoil.
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Sigmund Freud
A map of mind, desire, and dream that still frames questions of self and culture.
