Prof Brendan Kelly is continuing his project on Sigmund Freud by examining Volume Fourteen of the Complete Psychological Works of Freud. This volume includes essays on mourning, melancholia, and war, written between 1914 and 1916. Freud discusses the process of mourning as a healthy response to loss, contrasting it with the more complex and internally directed melancholia. He also reflects on the impact of war on society and the need to confront death in order to live fully. Kelly finds Freud’s work still relevant today, especially in understanding grief and depression. In the next volume, Freud will explore psycho-analysis further.
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The Freud Project, Year Fourteen
