Sunday, February 7, 12:15 pm, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 14311 Wells Port Drive (Located 1 block west of IH-35 on Wells Branch Parkway)

St. Andrew’s Film Series, “Century of the Self Part 2: The Engineering of Consent” Adam Curtis’ acclaimed BBC series, “Century of the Self,” tells the story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests? At the heart of the story is Sigmund Freud, whose techniques to probe the unconscious mind provided tools for understanding the desires of the masses and served as the precursor to a world full of political spin doctors, marketing moguls, and society’s belief that the pursuit of satisfaction and happiness is the ultimate goal.

Each monthly screening will be on Sunday at 12:15. Each part in the series is one hour and will be followed by discussion. Part one, “Happiness Machines,” tells the story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud and his American nephew, Edward Bernays, who invented the public relations profession in the 1920s and was the first person to employ Freud’s ideas in an effort to manipulate mass opinion. Subsequent screenings will be on March 14, and April 11.