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| Title: |
Psychoanalytic Marxism (paperback) |
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1st January 1993 |
| ISBN: |
1 85343 192 3 |
| Price: |
£19.95 | $34.50 |
In this important new work, Eugene Victor Wolfenstein rejects the reduction of psychoanalysis to conformist psychology and Marxism to Stalinist orthodoxy. Instead, he illuminates the critical and emancipatory force of both traditions. He persuasively argues for a 'binocular' view that integrates interests rooted in work and economic production with desires based in emotional life and human reproduction. Without obscuring the obvious differences between psychoanalystic and Marxist theories, his integrative approach provides the reader with a clearer, more complete understanding of modern society.
The book opens with a review of the works of Marx and Freud, the classical Freudian-Marxists (Reich, Fromm, and Marcuse), and such recent thinkers as Habermas, Benjamin, Kovel, and Lichtman. Wolfenstein then develops the foundation for a psychoanalytic-marxist theory and practice. Written in a bold and usually lucid style, Psychoanalytic-marxism will serve as a benchmark for all further reflection on this topic.
'Wolfenstein's Psychoanalytic-marxism offers an extremely clear and interesting account of the evolving encounter between two major thought systems. It aims to guide readers from both disciplines, psychoanalysis and social theory, to the point of confluence at which these disciplines converge. Not just an admirable work of intellectual history, Psychoanalytic-marxism is also the statement of a psychoanalyst and political theorist who wants to grapple with the major social issues of our time. Wolfenstein summons his clinical experience as well as his wide-ranging knowledge of political theory in order to address in depth the question of how the practice of psychoanalysis can inform our social understanding.'
- Jessica Benjamin, New York University
Author: Eugene Victor Wolfenstein |
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