The century of the self
By: written and produced by Adam Curtis
Contributors: British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
Edition: Standard format.
Series: SCD 600 (NU course); SOC 540 (NU course)
Publisher: BN Publishing
Published: 2006
Place of publication: S.l.]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Political psychology; Consumer behavior; Consumers; Psychology; Capitalism; Psychological aspects; Consumption (Economics); Motivation research (Marketing)
Other titles: Century of self; Happiness machines.; Engineering of consent.; There is a policeman inside all our heads; he must be destroyed.; Eight people sipping wine in Kettering.
Description: "In this revealing documentary, [Adam] Curtis unearths how capitalists and governments use Freudian psychology to influence and manipulate public opinion and consumption.  Are we truly free agents, or are we the unknowing puppets of powers above?" -- Container.
Notes: Originally produced as episodes of the television program The century of the self in 2002.

DVD.

In English.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Happiness machines (59 min.); title: pt. 2. The engineering of consent (59 min.); title: pt. 3. There is a policeman inside all our heads; he must be destroyed; title: pt. 4. Eight people sipping wine in Kettering (59 min.).