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The Century of the Self

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The Century of the Self - Season 1 Episode 2 The Engineering of Consent

A secret history of the 20th century.


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58 minutes 2025 HD

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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.

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