ABSTRACT
The earliest and some of the most creative developments in psychoanalysis took place in Europe at a time when the continent was devastated by First and Second World wars in history. Eike Hinze, in an article entitled The Influence of Historical Events on Psychoanalysis’ remarks on this imbalance: In psychoanalytical practice it can be dangerous to regard the events of external reality simply as cues for the analysis of the inner psychic world. In the 1930’s and 1940’s, in particular, the relationship of psychoanalysis with the social sphere expanded in the direction not only of attempting to understand the origins of war, but of suggesting solutions to the problem of war prevention. The Melanie Klein contribution to the theory of war, as represented by R. E. Money-Kyrle, lays less stress on the instinctual content, than on the psychic structures to which men regress in time of war.
