Civilization and Its Discontents

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

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