Influential Papers from the 1940s: Papers from the Decades in International Journal of Psychoanalysis Key Papers Series by R.D. Hinshelwood
The 1940s was a time of great change in the psychoanalytic world. The war sounded a deathblow to continental European psychoanalysis and the death of Freud at first brought uncertainty over the future of psychoanalysis but ultimately led to greater creative freedom in exploring new ideas and theories.