Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego

An insight into the area of group psychology from a seminal figure in the study of the mind whose works include The Interpretation of Dreams, Civilization and Its Discontents, The Ego and the Id, and others.

In Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, Freud examines phenomena such as the Herd Instinct, the occurrence of what he terms ‘artificial’ groups including the church and the army, and the role of the libido in groups.