THE INTERNATIONAL PSYCHO-ANALYTECAL LLBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST JONES, M.D. No. 6 GROUP PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE EGO SIGMUND FREUD, MD., LI..D. AUTHORIZED TRANSLATION BY JAMES STRACHEY FIFTH IMPRESSION LONDON THE HOGARTH PRESS, 42 WILLIAM IV STREET. W.C.2 AND THE INSTITUTE OF PSYCHO-A NALYSIS 1949PUBLISHED BY The Hogarth Press Ltd LONDON * Clarke, Irwin & Co. Ltd TORONTO This Translation First published 1922 Second Impression 1940 Third Impression 1945 Fourth Impression 1948 Fifth Impression 1949 COPYRIGHT PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY LOWE AND BRYDONE PRINTERS LTD., LONDON, N.W.10TRANSLATOR’S NOTE A comparison of the following pages with the German original (Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse, Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, Vienna, 1921) will show that certain passages have been transferred in the English version from the text to the footnotes. This alteration has been carried out at the author’s express desire. All technical terms have been translated in accordance with the Glossary to be published as a supplement to the /nternational Fournal of Psycho- Analysis. j. S.