These films are intended to facilitate first encounters with Freud’s thought.
If you’re studying the psychodynamic approach, this resource is for you!
In this episode:
- A fractured self
- Id, Ego, Superego
- Why did Freud develop a new model?
- Devils and angels
- People fall ill of their moral ideals
- A horse and a rider
- The ego is like a politician
- The goal of psychoanalysis: stop the ego being so silly
A factsheet (PDF) accompanies this series
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