I love Adam's documentaries. Especially loved Watched over by Machines of Loving Grace.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 5, 2014, at 4:24 AM, marc garrett <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The Century of the Self (2002). Adam Curtis. > > http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-century-of-the-self/ > > This series is about how those in power have used Freud's theories to try and > control the dangerous crowd in an age of mass democracy. Sigmund Freud, the > founder of psychoanalysis, changed the perception of the human mind and its > workings profoundly. > > His influence on the 20th century is widely regarded as massive. The > documentary describes the impact of Freud's theories on the perception of the > human mind, and the ways public relations agencies and politicians have used > this during the last 100 years for their engineering of consent. Among the > main characters are Freud himself and his nephew Edward Bernays, who was the > first to use psychological techniques in advertising. He is often seen as the > father of the public relations industry. > > Freud's daughter Anna Freud, a pioneer of child psychology, is mentioned in > the second part, as well as Wilhelm Reich, one of the main opponents of > Freud's theories. Along these general themes, The Century of the Self asks > deeper questions about the roots and methods of modern consumerism, > representative democracy and its implications. It also questions the modern > way we see ourselves, the attitude to fashion and superficiality. > > Happiness Machines. Part one documents the story of the relationship between > Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edward Bernays who invented Public > Relations in the 1920s, being the first person to take Freud's ideas to > manipulate the masses. > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
