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The Century of the Self Season 1 Episode 2
The programme explores how those in power in post-war America used Freud’s ideas about the unconscious mind to try and control the masses.
Serie: The Century of the Self
Episode Title: The Engineering of Consent
Air Date: 2002-03-24
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