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History vs. Sigmund Freud - Todd Dufresne

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Working in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century, he began his career as a neurologist before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis, and his influence towers above that of all other psychologists in the public eye. But was Sigmund Freud right about human nature? And were his methods scientific? Todd Dufresne puts this controversial figure on trial in History vs. Sigmund Freud.

Freud’s notion of “the unconscious” is connected to his earliest theory of “repression.” Why is something ‘repressed’ necessarily ‘unconscious’?

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  • Educator Todd Dufresne
  • Director Brett Underhill
  • Narrator Addison Anderson
  • Animator Brett Underhill
  • Illustrator Brett Underhill
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Associate Editorial Producer Elizabeth Cox
  • Script Editor Alex Gendler
  • Fact-Checker Eden Girma

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