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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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Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud in the 1980s
Werner Dannhauser and Steven Marcus describe why Marx and Freud are two inescapable cultural and intellectual forces of the nineteenth century and discuss parallels and differences between Freudian psychoanalytical and Marxist political theory. Dannhauser and Marcus also talk about the … Continue reading
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