Totem and Taboo: Resemblances between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics

Freud's critique of religion as a psychological illusion. Argues that religious beliefs stem from infantile needs and that civilization can outgrow them.

Sigmund Freud

Freud examines the tension between individual freedom and the demands of civilization. One of his most widely read and influential works on culture and society.

Sigmund Freud

Two essays written during World War I. Freud reflects on how war reveals humanity's buried aggression and how we unconsciously deny our own mortality.

Sigmund Freud