@article{Pavón Cuéllar_2022, title={Freud on war and violence: From disillusionment to hope, back and forth}, volume={20}, url={https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/psychotherapy-politics-international/article/view/76}, DOI={10.24135/ppi.v20i4.09}, abstractNote={<p>This article analyses Sigmund Freud’s reflections on war and violence, especially in his two main works on this issue: <em>Thoughts for the Time of War and Death</em> (1915) and <em>Why War?</em> (1932). After presenting these two essays and placing them in their historical contexts, I briefly review what authors have written about them in recent years. I then attempt to contribute something new to the discussion by examining four of Freud’s propositions: his justification for disillusionment caused by war; his suspicion about peoples and states; his denunciation of the primitivism and hypocrisy of human beings; and his determination to maintain hope in culture and history. I consider these key points of Freud’s essays separately, showing their importance for Freud’s social theory and for his critique of modernity and civilisation in general.</p&gt;}, number={4}, journal={Psychotherapy & Politics International}, author={Pavón Cuéllar, David}, year={2022}, month={Dec.}, pages={1-9} }