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At home with Freud
New Zealand Listener
|July 22 - 28 2023
A walk through Sigmund Freud's home makes him human in a way that reading about him doesn't
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I have returned from a busman's holiday - a conference in Vienna. Here are some things I learnt.
First, Vienna General Hospital, which hosted the conference, is the largest in Europe. It has a supermarket, multiple cafes and even a Starbucks. It is easy to get lost there when you're looking for a conference room.
The hospital grounds have a statue of Sigmund Freud. Actually, there are lots of statues, because Vienna loves statues, but one of them represents Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Yes, I have a nerdy selfie with Sigmund, even though I'm not a big fan of many of his ideas.
This story is from the July 22 - 28 2023 edition of New Zealand Listener.
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