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The Century of the Selfchevron_right
S01E03: There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be DestroyedIn 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 turned against him and was hated by the Freud family. He believed that the inner self did not need to be repressed and controlled. It should be encouraged to express itself.
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Air Date:
Mar 31, 2002
Runtime:
58 minutes
Casts:
Adam Curtis, Anne Bernays, Martin Bergmann, Robert Reich, Edward L. Bernays, Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan
