09JUL17.- In 1932, Sigmund Freud and Albert Einstein conducted a correspondence subsequently published under the title ‘Why War?’ See ‘Why War: Einstein and Freud’s Little-Known Correspondence on Violence, Peace, and Human Nature’. In many ways, this dialogue between two giants of the 20thcentury is symbolic of the effort made by many humans to understand that perplexing and incredibly damaging feature of human experience: the institution of war.
