{"id":22284,"date":"2023-02-22T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=224757"},"modified":"2023-02-22T15:35:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:35:10","slug":"the-cult-of-freud-science-sex-psychoanalysis","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-cult-of-freud-science-sex-psychoanalysis\/","title":{"rendered":"The cult of Freud: science, sex & psychoanalysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seamus O\u2019Mahony tells the dramatic story of the intertwined lives of three 20th-century doctors: Sigmund Freud, Ernest Jones and Wilfred Trotter <\/p>

By Lauren Good\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 22 February 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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From the Oedipus complex to the Freudian slip, the theories of Sigmund Freud are still familiar to us today. But how much do we know about his life? Seamus O\u2019Mahony tells the story of the founder of psychoanalysis, and unravels how it was intertwined with those of two other doctors, Ernest Jones and Wilfred Trotter. In conversation with Rachel Dinning, he reveals the impact the three made on science and medicine against the intellectual and bohemian backdrop of early 20th-century London.<\/p>\n\n

Seamus O\u2019Mahony is the author of The Guru, the Bagman and the Sceptic: A story of science, sex and psychoanalysis<\/em> (Apollo, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n