The Century of the Self

  • : 2002
  • : 4
  • : 11
  • BBC Two
  • Documentary

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Happiness Machines
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17, 2002
The story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edward Bernays. Bernays invented the public relations profession in the 1920s and was the first person to .. show full overview
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The Engineering of Consent
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24, 2002
The programme explores how those in power in post-war America used Freud's ideas about the unconscious mind to try and control the masses. Politicians and planners came to believe .. show full overview
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There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed
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31, 2002
In the 1960s, a radical group of psychotherapists challenged the influence of Freudian ideas in America. They were inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm Reich, a pupil of Freud's, who had .. show full overview
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Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering
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07, 2002
This episode explains how politicians on the left, in both Britain and America, turned to the techniques developed by business to read and fulfil the inner desires of the self. Both .. show full overview

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