Sigmund Freud was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire on 6th May, 1856. His family background was Jewish and his father was a free – thinker. During his medical career at the Vienna General Hospital, ...

This article was originally published on May 6, 2022. When we tell our friends about a crazy dream we had about them, or when we use terms like ego and free association, we are referencing Sigmund ...

While its relevance in modern psychology has been largely contested, understanding its origins and implications offers valuable insight into the historical development of thought on human desire and ...

Freud’s insights into trauma, repression and the unconscious are finding new relevance and millions of followers.

“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality ...

Today, thanks to Freud, the man-on-the-street knows (to quote by an inaccurate memory from Punch) that, when he thinks a thing, the thing he thinks is not the thing he thinks he thinks, but only the ...

Matthew Gullo receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychology, has recently suffered some serious knocks. His theories ...

Sigmund Freud's collection of Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities is one of the art world's best-kept secrets. Over a forty year period he amassed an extraordinary array of nearly three thousand ...