Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) changed how we think about ourselves and our relation to others. He set out to understand the nature of human psychic life in all its complexity. So, what the relationship between guilt and pleasure? And will Na'ama ever pronounce 'discontents' not as 'disco tents'? All this and more!
What should I read?
Freud's Civilisation and its Discontents (1930) accompanies today's episode.
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