Books of All Time

Episode 34: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex, Part 2 – The Soil Your Father Sowed


Listen Later

Since 1900 or so, anyone trying to engage with Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex has had Sigmund Freud breathing over their shoulders. This episode looks at how Freud, inspired by (and slightly obsessed with) Sophocles' play, concocted a theory that began as a stage of child development but soon expanded to become a universal explanation for all of culture, religion, and art.


CONTENT NOTE: This episode contains discussions of sex and sexuality from very early in the runtime (and more than one Hall and Oates reference). Please consider people around you — or your own tolerance for topics like incest and sexual assault — before listening.


Want to read a transcript of this episode, or see the reference list? Click here. Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe!

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Books of All TimeBy Rose Judson

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

10 ratings


More shows like Books of All Time

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,426 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,802 Listeners

Stuff You Should Know by iHeartPodcasts

Stuff You Should Know

77,665 Listeners

The Vergecast by The Verge

The Vergecast

3,665 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,624 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

86,492 Listeners

Maintenance Phase by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

Maintenance Phase

16,433 Listeners

The Rest Is History by Goalhanger

The Rest Is History

12,964 Listeners

If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

If Books Could Kill

8,887 Listeners

Past Present Future by David Runciman

Past Present Future

300 Listeners

Critics at Large | The New Yorker by The New Yorker

Critics at Large | The New Yorker

602 Listeners