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Biography
Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind
His revolutionary ideas transformed our concept of the mind, yet the father of psychoanalysis was plagued by neurotic fears and troubling obsessions. Sigmund Freud is one of the most influential thinkers of modern times. His theories continue to inspire discovery and debate, even as the discipline he conceived grows in different directions. Sigmund Freud: Analysis of a Mind would be useful for classes on World History, Psychology, Cultural Studies and Ethics. It is appropriate for middles school and high school.
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Discussion Questions
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Sigmund Freud shocked many people with his ideas and theories. Why was he so controversial? How did his ideas contrast with the mores of the era?
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Why was Freud an “archeologist of the mind?”
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Freud, like many others before and after him, faced anti-Semitism. What is anti-Semitism? How has it shaped world events in the 20th century? How did it affect Freud and his family?
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Society today treats mentally handicapped people much differently than it did a century ago. Compare the treatment of mentally handicapped people now and in Freud’s time.
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Freud made the “talking cure” famous. What is the talking cure? How is it used today?
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How did Sigmund Freud influence the 20th century?
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Although many of Freud’s theories involved sexual analysis, he himself gave up sex. Why?
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What is free association? How did Freud use this in psychoanalysis?
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What is an Oedipus complex?
Extended Activities
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Compare Freud’s society with our society. How much of our society is the way it is because of Freud?
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Imagine that you write a newspaper column and your editor asks you to write an obituary for Sigmund Freud. How would you convey the importance of this man on the twentieth century and our lives?
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