The Century of the Self

Episode 3: There Is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads. He Must Be Destroyed

March 31, 2002 • 58 min

In the 1960s, a radical group of psychotherapists challenged the influence of Freudian ideas in America. They were inspired by the ideas of Wilhelm Reich, a pupil of Freud's, who had turned against him and was hated by the Freud family. He believed that the inner self did not need to be repressed and controlled. It should be encouraged to express itself.