Abstract
The aim of the text was to bring the psychoanalytic conception of war closer to the reader. We first approached war as such from the point of view of classical psychoanalysis, in which Freud perceived war as a regression to the developmentally lower stages of the mental apparatus.
The superego was seen as an instance that could prevent further wars, but Freud himself is skeptical about the issue. Subsequently, we briefly approached the phylogenetic aspect that was characteristic of the first generation of psychoanalysts.
We offered the Kleinian view as an alternative to the Freudian (paternal) superego, and we focused on the maternal imago and superego and processes important in group formation and during war conflicts. Then we tried to introduce the concept of war from the perspective of Lacan and french psychoanalysis.
Subsequently, we wondered if and how the psychoanalysis of war was possible and whether the psychoanalysis of society as such could be a prevention from future war conflicts.