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Sigmund Freud and the long depression

In 1874 the Austrian economy was on its keens and a young Sigmund Freud met Franz Brentano, "an ideal human being".


Written and read by Nicholas Barrett


Music: Paws by Timbah


Bibliography:


  • The Austrians by Gordon Brook-Sheperd
  • Becoming Freud by Adam Phillips
  • Freud by Stefan Zweig
  • Freud An Intellectual Biography by Joel Whitebook
  • Sigmund Freud by Matt Ffytche


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