Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and the author of Psyche: The Story of the Human Mind, explores the history and controversial legacy surrounding the renowned 20th century Austrian neuroscientist Sigmund Freud. Modern psychotherapy has come a long way over the last century. Many of Freud’s bizarre theories on psychosexual development and the Oedipal complex have been debunked, yet Bloom points out that in the field of psychology, “there's no figure now [who’s] anything close to Freud, either in influence or in scope.”
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Searching for Utopia, Part 1: The freedoms and failures of of an intentional community in India
Awestruck: Why a daily dose of wonder might benefit your mental and physical health
‘Taken against our will’: the damaging legacy of ‘tough love’ boot camps
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