Sigmund Freud’s model of the human mind is famous. He divided the psyche into three conflicting components. The superego represents the psychic embodiment of moral principles and norms derived ...

Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund, also explored the human psyche — through human physicality. His paintings were never called "nudes" — that's too polite. His subjects were "naked" — both ...

Was Freud right? Is psychoanalysis of no use to the Irish? Do the Irish simply turn to their creativity rather than pick apart their own psyche?