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Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis, Part 2 of 2

Sigmund Freud is a central figure in the transition from late Victorian English science and culture to twentieth-century conceptions and practices of neurobiology and psychotherapy. In his book Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis, Steven Marcus traces the dynamics and contradictions … Continue reading

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Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis, Part 1 of 2

Arnold Cooper and Steven Marcus discuss questions around the figure of Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), one of a handful of intellectual presences presiding over Western thought and culture in the late twentieth century. Who was Sigmund Freud, and why is he important in the … Continue reading

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