Der Fall Freud (3/5): Triebe | Inside Austria

Why do humans have instincts, and how can we control them? Sigmund Freud had a few ideas – and we put them to the test. Subscribe to the STANDARD on YouTube so you don't miss an episode! We live in the age of self-analysis. We call our bosses narcissists, ask about repressed desires, and want to know what heals our inner child. With all these questions, one name is unavoidable: Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis – who would have celebrated his 170th birthday in May. The Jewish physician from Vienna coined terms like "the unconscious" – and thus created our modern understanding of ourselves. From his practice on Vienna's Berggasse, Freud changed the world. He was celebrated like a pop star of science – and attacked like a charlatan. But who was this man really? In our series "The Freud Case," we trace the life of the man who still haunts our thoughts today – like almost no other Austrian. We tell his story. But we also ask the question: Can Freud help us today, in a complex world, at least to better understand ourselves? Or have his ideas led us astray? In this episode, we explore our drives. Why do we smoke even though we know it's bad for our health? We want to find out if Freud's theory of the unconscious helps us better understand such vices. What exactly are drives—and what purpose might they serve? We explain how Sigmund Freud brought the existence of the unconscious into our conscious awareness. Interviewee: Georg Markus, Kurier columnist and author of the biography "Sigmund Freud: The Man and the Physician. His Cases and His Life." Cecile Loetz and Jakob Müller (podcast "Riddles of the Unconscious," authors of "Now I'm Just Like My Parents") Claudia Muchitsch (Alpine Foxes City Tours) Juan Jose Rios Vela (hypnotherapist and psychoanalyst) Sercan Agpunar (psychotherapist) Esther Hutfless (Professor of Psychotherapy Sciences at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna and psychoanalyst) Daniela Finzi (Scientific Director of the Freud Museum) Christfried Tögel (Freud biographer) Margherita Fink (psychoanalyst) Eva-Maria Schnurr (History editor, "Der Spiegel") Special thanks also go to Stephanie Hoffmann from the documentation department of "Der Spiegel," Laura Stuth for editorial support, and Ole Reißmann for AI support. Thumbnail credit: Max Halberstadt (photo in the public domain) Editing: Tobias Holub Did you enjoy the video? Like, subscribe, and support our work: https://abo.derstandard.at/?ref=Podca... THANK YOU!!!