Thoughts for the Times on War and Death

Freud applies psychoanalysis to anthropology. Examines totemism, taboo, animism, and the origins of religion and morality through the Oedipus complex.

Sigmund Freud

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