The Century of the Self

1,4

2002

8.4 / 10

Season 1
Episodes
Overview

The legacy of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud informs the lives of people throughout the world even to this day, though it's a phenomenon to which most are unaware. The film is an exhaustive examination of his theories on human desire, and how they're applied to platforms such as advertising, consumerism and politics.

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Happiness Machines

Episode 1

The story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edw...

The Engineering of Consent

Episode 2

The programme explores how those in power in post-war America used Freud's ideas...

There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed

Episode 3

In the 1960s, a radical group of psychotherapists challenged the influence of Fr...

Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering

Episode 4

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