The Unconscious motives of War

by Alix Strachey

The first part of the book is devoted to showing exactly what the subject's private attitudes are which may facilitate war and doing so gives a lucid exposition of psychoanalytic theory; the second part considers how those attitudes influence and are influenced by his group life; the third and last part sets out to suggest what additional measures might usefully be adopted, in the light of our new knowledge, to lessen the chances of war.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1959

About the author

Alix Strachey was a psychoanalyst, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. She was the sister of economist Philip Sargant Florence, and with her husband James Strachey was among the translators of what became the "Standard Edition" of the works of Freud.