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The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement
Chapter I by Sigmund Freud, translated by A. A. Brill I I Sigmund Freud A. A. Brill If in what follows I bring any contribution to the history of the psychoanalytic movement nobody must be surprised at the subjective nature of this paper, nor at the rôle which falls to me therein. For psychoanalysis is my creation; for ten years I was the only one occupied with it, and all the annoyance which this new subject caused among my contemporaries has been hurled upon my head in the form of criticism. Even today, when I am no longer the only psychoanalyst, I feel myself justified in assuming that none can…
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Historical Revolutions
Revolutions throughout history have been fought by those seeking freedom from the crushing hand of their despotic rulers. More recently there are the extraordinary pro-democracy rebellions in the Middle East, referred to as Arab Spring, where revolts against years of oppression are breaking out. One of the first and most drastic outcries of Arab Spring against the oppression in the Middle East was in 2010, when a Tunisia man chose to burn himself to death in protest of his ill treatment by the police. Historical Revolutions The American Revolution (1775-1783) The Haitian Revolution (1794-1804) The French Revolution (1789-1799) The Russian Revolution (1917) The 1956 Hungarian Revolution The Cuban Revolution (1956-1959) The…