One of the most striking ideas in modern psychoanalytic thinking is that even the most extreme psychological states are, at their core, attempts at survival. In the field of modern psychoanalysis this becomes clear in the notion that the schizophrenic reaction is not a fixed, biologically determined fate but an organized defense, one that can be psychologically reversed. […]
In 1932, amidst a world edging toward another catastrophic war, Albert Einstein wrote to Sigmund Freud with a deceptively simple question: Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war? Freud’s response, later published as Why War?, offers a psychoanalytic lens on humanity’s destructive impulses. While deeply rooted in drive theory and
In 1932 Alfred Einstein sent a letter to Sigmund Freud asking him about the human aggression; “Is there a way to free humanity from the suffering of war?” (Freud, 1933) In response Freud wrote back a long letter where he mentions, as a conclusion, to Einstein that it’s useless trying to prevent the human aggression
In her book, “So the witch won’t eat me,” Dorothy Bloch writes about the fears of infanticide small children have due to the vulnerability of their age. In a world of giants and witches children have every reason to have such fears. The fact that such figures could represent unconsciously the parents is a defense
Ever wondered why some song lyrics appear in your mind unexpectedly and you find yourself crooning thinking where did this song come from? Driving outside a high school I started singing the lyrics of Jim Morrison’s song “People are strange.” Coincidence? Schools bring up memories and feelings (some unconscious) from our own childhood and adolescence.
“People are strange when you’re a stranger, faces look ugly when you’re alone…” Read More »
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